Shannii Maree – Strong Without Realising
Life through the eyes of a woman who had no idea how strong she was becoming
I am no longer a conduit for peoples pain. I used to feel valued if I held peoples pain alongside them. Like I had a reason to be in this world. Yet now I know my value. And I am a no to my body feeling run down because I chose to feel someone else’s
How often have you thought you needed to be perfect to do something? You decide you can’t start because of this or that not being in the right place or time? When we have a thought or idea that we want to do or get across, we have to communicate to other people. Yes, telling
With the amount of death in my life recently, and it seems others as well, I have noticed myself retracting. I mean it seems every time I log onto Facebook these days there is a new death being announced. And most of them dying by suicide. For some reason all the death has bought up
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Or so they say… I want to know why it has become a statement like this rather than a question of Why do you feel you like need to be someone else to be worthy/seen/loved etc? Why, instead of doing things because you feel called to, do you
On broken wings I’m falling And it won’t be long The skin on me is burning By the fires of the sun On skinned knees I’m bleeding And it won’t be long I’ve got to find that meaning And I’ll search for so long Alterbridge lyrics I used to relate to those lyrics so deeply.
Years ago my husband offered to let me peg him because he had read some studies about how it helps women who have been sexually assaulted get their power back. I even bought a strap on. But I never could bring myself to even think about it. The idea of needing to have power over
On the surface it seems an odd idea that you could actually be anything other than who you really are. But from the time we can talk, we’re being programmed to “fit in”. We find ourselves conforming in order to please the people we love, and who love us. But sometimes that means that you
From time to time, each of us will find ourselves in a rut of boredom and disinterest. We seem to lose our zest for life and feel tired, irritable and unmotivated. We want to hide under the covers rather than face the day. Perhaps you’re feeling overwhelmed by work, or sad about the pain and
I’ll never forget the day, as a 15 year old, that I told my family I hated them and I wanted to get a gun and shoot them all. I wanted to die and I wanted to take everyone with me. Carrying remnants of a war between families that dated back to the early settlers
Just when I think I could never experience a better compliment I do. Like “I could stand here with you staring at each other all day, your energy is so beautiful” “Wow your heart and womb are so open and clear, they speak very clearly.” And last but not least “Wow your heart feels like
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