Minister, psychologist, bestselling author. Homecoming Podcast Host, 2023 President @APA. She/her. Media inquiries [email protected]

Los Angeles, CA
Joined April 2009
I hope you find someone who speaks your language so you don't have to spend a lifetime translating your spirit.
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For those who are owed apologies that will never come: You are worthy. You are more than enough. You deserve so much more than what you have received.
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May you be free from disguised predators. May they be revealed. May you be free, safe, and whole. Always.
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Sis, may you be repaid with interest for all that the devourers took from you. You deserved so much better.
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Sis, the truth is you were fired from a job that you should have quit.
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You can’t shrink yourself small enough for an insecure person.
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Neglect is a form of abuse. May you heal from every experience that made you believe your needs didn’t matter - every experience that made you “easy to please” - every experience that made you fear being needy and that left you hyper-independent.
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When people have gotten used to you accepting their disrespect, they will be offended and hurt by your boundaries. Yesterday’s standards are not today’s standards.
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See yourself clearly. The way you’ve been treated is not an indication of your worth.
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A new podcast episode with @PeppGSEP psychologist @drthema and @michaelgervais discusses trauma, people-pleasing, relationships, and the importance of not leaving yourself behind. youtube.com/watch?v=lYHr6uHZ…
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May your load lighten. May your sleep return. May your nervous system become intimate with ease.
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May your childhood wounds not cause you to sabotage your life. May you have the capacity to show up for the life you deserve. May you end the cycle of hiding and dare to be present.
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Some are drawn to your light because they want to dim it, control it, obtain it.
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Don’t make yourself at home in places that require you to collapse your wings.
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Stop trying to reason with insanity.
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Forgive yourself for hoping, trusting, loving someone who betrayed you. Your heart is beautiful. May the scars heal. May you find those who deserve you.
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May the systems that promote and protect abusers all around the world crumble.
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