Shannii Maree – Strong Without Realising
Life, seen through a woman becoming stronger than she realised
Your beating heart is worth no less than any other beating heart The way you love is yours to give And receiving is what your heart has been fashioned for. Each time you feel that heart beat it shows the love of the universe pouring through every inch of that delicate skin that holds your
Before we die, I will have roamed where the wild things are, I will have loved in all the spaces I was afraid to love, I will have lived by my own rules and broken those rules over and over again, I will have healed and broken and healed and broken again realising I was
If you are in a position to really find yourself before getting involved with another human – amazing! If however, like me, you are already married or in a long term relationship I have something to say to you. (I will use the term marriage from here on) Marriage is the ultimate training ground. And
There is something that just breaks my heart when I hear someone who was in an abusive relationship apologize. Saying sorry for not leaving earlier. For wanting to help. For seeing the best in another human. Apologizing for the hurt it’s caused family and friends. It really breaks my heart that someone who has been
When you feel that heaviness what do you do? Do you allow it to flow or do you tighten up like a screw? Forcing things into holes that they don’t really fit. Hoping maybe one day you will manage to forget all about it. Praying those feelings will just disappear But instead finding out they
When my hubby first started showing interest in me I thought he was crazy. I thought I was too fat for him. Why would he want a fat brunette when he has a skinny blonde hanging around. And I know so many women have had similar thoughts to this in relation to similar things in
Yes in many cases this can be completely true. However in some it can be untrue. For example – if I had listened to my GP instead of trusting my gut, my sons cholesteatoma would have grown to who knows what size and potentially worst case caused paralysis because he thought it was just an
“Argh that’s enough” I exclaimed as I held my hands up in the stop symbol. I stood there in the middle of the room not saying a word after that. There had been yelling, blaming, retaliating happening. But as I stood there in my quiet power the anger dissipated. Most people in my presence will
I’ve done a lot of ‘work’ on my traumas and self healing. And yet still I find myself choosing to be alone. To process alone. Not reaching out to those I love and trust even though I know they would be there for me. Still putting others needs before my own and not speaking up
Into this world I landed Purging and crying out any dregs of pain Onto the grass I lay I cried tears into pachamamas arms Stood in my warrior body I let loose all that I had held in Ready to be reborn For my soul to shine Free from the burdens of lives past Free
Shannii Maree - Strong Without Realising 