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  • Left Before I Was Known: Abandonment, Identity & Healing | My Life in Mud

    Chapter One of My Life in Mud: A Memoir, titled “Left Before I Was Known,” does not simply recount history—it exposes the psychological imprint of loss that occurs before memory has language. This opening chapter is not a remembrance in the traditional sense. It is a somatic record of abandonment, war, displacement, and identity rupture…

  • Gratitude, Presence, and the Gifts We Don’t Expect

    A reflection on gratitude, judgment, projection, and the pull for external validation. Explore how triggers reveal deeper stories, and how intention, presence, and love guide healing and belonging on the Mud to Bloom journey.

  • From Mud to Bloom: A Memoir of Adoption, Trauma, Identity & Healing | My Life in Mud

    A personal note on the release of my memoir—a raw, poetic journey from trauma to transformation. From Operation Babylift to the lessons of My Life in Mud, this story is designed not just to share my past but to help you heal your own.

  • Finding Your Edge: The Warrior Goddess Lesson That Changed My Life

    One of the most powerful lessons from Warrior Goddess Training is that intention shapes reality. Through a firewalking ritual, I learned what it means to face fear, step into the unknown, and stay in the fire without burning. This blog explores intention, courage, mind–body reframing, and the magic that happens when belief leads the way.

  • Grief & Trauma: When Loss Awakens Old Wounds

    Grief doesn’t just break your heart—it opens the old wounds your body still remembers. Today’s reflection explores how grief and trauma intertwine, how to differentiate past pain from present loss, and how to express and release emotions through somatic practices, journaling, movement, and compassion.

  • Domestic Violence & Assault: Reclaiming Safety, Voice, and Self After Trauma

    Domestic violence often repeats the wounds we learned in childhood. This My Life in Mud guide helps survivors reclaim safety, voice, and self through trauma-informed reflections, personal storytelling, safety planning, and deep emotional healing practices.

  • ACEs and the Adult You — How Childhood Trauma Shapes Your Life and How to Heal

    ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences, ACEs and the adult you, childhood trauma, childhood trauma healing, inner child healing, emotional neglect, childhood abuse, trauma imprints, trauma responses, nervous system healing, somatic healing, trauma recovery, CPTSD recovery, attachment wounds, attachment healing, reparenting yourself, abandonment wounds, abandonment recovery, trauma-informed healing, emotional healing journey, self-worth healing, generational trauma, intergenerational healing,…

  • Hibernation and Spiritual Healing: The Sacred Pause Before the Bloom

    Explore why rest is essential, how the sacred pause prepares you for transformation, and how to plant seeds for your next becoming.

  • Addiction Recovery Inner Child Healing

    To recover from addiction, you don’t only treat the behavior—you reconnect with the wounded part of you that sought solace through the behavior.