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At our last session A+ therapist mentioned that we could make a collage to represent life before and life now. I immediately jumped at the idea as I had no idea we could have been doing arts and crafts this whole time instead of unpacking the debris field of grief one piece at a time.…
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Recently I’ve been obsessed with Tracy Chapman’s song “Talkin’ Bout A Revolution.” I can’t imagine why at this current season in my country I’d be obsessed with such a song, but I digress. One of the lyrics in the song is “Don’t you know. They’re talking about a revolution? It sounds like a whisper.” If…
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Yesterday was a full circle moment for me. A moment that 2, 3, 4 years ago I could have never imagined happening. I led two 45 minute workshops on how I have used nature to help me ground and “heal” on my chronic illness journey. The BLC Sara (Before Long Covid) would have never imagined…
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These 4 words came out of A+ therapist’s mouth at our last session. I was talking about the nervousness I feel about an upcoming workshop I’m doing for an event focused on nature and healing. I have been nervous about the event since I said yes because I feel like what do I really have…
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As someone who is a recovering people pleaser, disappointing people is one of my least favorite things to do. It physically makes my chest hurt to know that I have disappointed someone and/or let someone down. The universe decided to speed up my people pleasing recovery process by giving me illnesses that require me to…
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A+ therapist ends every session with this seemingly simple question. My answers vary each session. Today, after a particularly intense session of cave diving into the caverns of my soul and opening up doors that have been covered with cobwebs because they haven’t been opened for years, I needed McDonalds. For whatever reason, my go…
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If you listened to country music in the year 2005 you know I stole the title for this post from the song with the same title that was made popular by Jon Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles. My brain can’t remember things that happened in the morning in the afternoon, but it can remember song…
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In honor of turning 38, which for some reason feels much older than 37, I decided to do a list of 38 things I’ve learned. Some of these lessons are deep, some of them have been hard to learn, and some of them are just funny and ridiculous. That’s me in a nutshell though.. sometimes…
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Both Post Covid Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are relapsing and remitting disorders meaning the symptoms can come and go. There are days, weeks, etc where my symptoms are running the show and then days, weeks, etc where it feels like I actually have some control over my body. This is by far the hardest…
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A+ therapist has decided that I am in my “Dating Myself” Era. Now to be fair to her she didn’t call it an era. I just love Taylor Swift and enjoy the idea of me having different era’s in my life as she does with her music. So, this summer is my “Dating Myself Era”…
Thriving Chronicles 