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I Thought I Was Okay… Until I Went Back Home | Healing Isn’t A Straight Line
I thought I was healed until I went back home. A raw, faith-centered reflection on trauma, grief, and what healing really looks like in real time. Read more
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She Stayed: Celebrating the Courage of Women Who Are Still Healing”A Women’s History Month Reflection
This Women’s History Month, we’re not just celebrating the women who made history books, we’re celebrating the women whose survival IS history. The women still healing, the women walking alongside, and the women who stayed. Featuring reflections on healing, community, and honoring four remarkable women who walk this journey with me. Read more
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From Performance to Praise (Part A): The Pattern I Couldn’t See Until Now
Turning 47 wasn’t a dramatic declaration; it was a quiet line in the sand. But choosing to stop living for everyone else revealed something deeper: my nervous system wasn’t just protecting me from trauma, it was protecting me from rejection. In Part A of this reflection, I trace the unseen thread between survival, validation, and… Read more
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Still Standing: Healing in the Aftermath of Silence, Grief, and Purpose
After months of silence, Larissa Rhone returns with raw reflections on grief, purpose, and the soft launch of Journey 2 Free’s healing circles. This is for anyone still standing, even when life is heavy. Read more
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47 and Finally Free: The Year I Stopped Living for Everyone Else
At 47, Larissa Rhone stopped living for others and started choosing herself. A powerful reflection on healing, purpose, and defiant self-trust. Read more
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47 & Still Standing: The Year I Chose to Start Fully
At 47, I’m proof that God’s mercy defies logic. This isn’t about starting over, it’s about starting fully, walking boldly, and living on purpose. Read more
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Working With Your Nervous System, Not Against It – Part 2 of 2
Exhaustion, shutdown, and dissociation aren’t proof of failure, they’re survival strategies. Part 2 of this reflection explores how to work with your nervous system instead of against it. Read more
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Rebuilding Trust in Your Physical Responses: Learning to Listen to Your Body After Trauma
Many survivors mistake panic and hypervigilance as flaws, but they’re your body’s way of protecting you. Learn how to rebuild trust in your physical responses, because your body isn’t broken, it remembers. Read more
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How I Stayed Alive When I Didn’t Want To: The Real Story Behind Three Failed Suicide Attempts
Truth is, it’s not why I stayed alive. It’s how. Three attempts. Three times God said, ‘Not yet.’ Please stay. We need you here. Read more
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Listening to Your Inner Signals: Relearning to Trust Your Body
Dear Survivor, your body is not a liar. It’s been protecting you all along. Healing begins when you learn to trust its signals again. Read more
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From Silence to Self-Trust: A New Chapter in the Journey
Silence was the first step. Self-trust is the next. After abuse, learning to believe your voice, your instincts, and your worth is often the hardest part of healing. Here’s how we begin. Read more
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September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month.
Sickle Cell + Purpose Living with chronic illness while building a mission-based life is not for the faint of heart. As a survivor of Sickle Cell Anemia, I’ve faced organ failure, stroke, and near-death experiences more times than I care to count. And still, God kept me. What I’ve learned is that purpose is sometimes… Read more
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Still Standing Sunday: The Sacred Silence of the Overthinker
When an overthinker’s mind grows quiet, it doesn’t feel like peace; it feels like panic. But what if the silence isn’t emptiness? What if it’s sacred? This Still Standing Soul Whisper invites you to breathe, trust the pause, and remember: you are still standing. Read more
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The Difference Between Silence and Secrecy: Choosing Healing Over Bondage.
Silence can be wisdom, and secrecy can be bondage. For years, I didn’t know the difference, and it kept me stuck. Here’s how survivors can discern whether they’re protecting themselves or someone else’s comfort. Read more
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Still Standing: When Gratitude and Anger Coexist
A raw, honest reflection from a mother whose 14-year-old son was injured, flung from his bike, thrown over the handlebars, which resulted in a broken shoulder after braking hard to avoid being hit by a car. The driver? They never even stopped. This week’s Soul Whisper explores the duality of gratitude and righteous anger, and… Read more
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When Anger Speaks: Righteous Rage and the Myth of the Perfect Survivor
We don’t talk enough about the rage. Not the anger you can neatly tuck away, but the blood-curdling, body-shaking kind that leaves you trembling long after the moment passes. For survivors of childhood sexual abuse, rage often feels like the one emotion we’re never allowed to have. We’ve been told to “be forgiving,” to “let… Read more
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Still Standing: The Sacred Art of Settling In
Every day won’t be great. But every day brings something. What if, instead of rushing to fix or flee what arises, we learned to settle in and ask, “God, how are You moving even here? Read more
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When Your Voice Comes Back Angry
Sometimes, when your voice returns after years of silence, it doesn’t come back soft, it comes back with fire. This isn’t a sign of failure; it’s a sign of awakening. Here’s what your anger is trying to tell you. Read more
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The Difference Between Silence and Secrecy
This post is for the survivor who’s still afraid to speak, not because they don’t want to, but because they don’t know if their silence is protecting them or keeping them prisoner. If that’s you, come closer. You don’t have to bleed to be brave. You don’t have to roar to reclaim your voice. Read more
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Monday’s Musing: Whisper-Sized Courage
You don’t have to tell it all to be brave. This week’s Monday Musing is a soft invitation to honor your voice, even if all you can manage today is a breath with intention. Read more
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Letters to the Silenced (Part 1): A Dispatch for the Ones Who Never Told
Dear You, The one who stayed silent because it was safer. The one who wanted to scream but didn’t know if their voice would survive the sound, or the event before or after. The one who tried to forget, tried to move on, tried to convince themselves it wasn’t that bad. The one who still… Read more
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Still Healing. Still Divine. Still His.
Healing isn’t always linear, quiet, or quick. Sometimes, it’s messy, loud, and still holy. In this post, I discuss the myth of “perfect healing” and speak directly to those who wonder if they’re too broken to be called. You’re not. This is for you. Read more
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In the Breaking, God Was Still Here: A June Reflection on Safety, Shame & Surrender
It was not the June I planned. I had hoped to share this earlier, to offer something hopeful, healing, and whole. But life had other plans. A surgery. A sickle cell crisis. Two weeks in the hospital. Two more in a nursing home rehab facility. Now, I’m home again, learning to walk all over again.… Read more
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Still Here. Still Healing. Still Building.
Larissa Rhone shares from her hospital bed about healing, rest, and the sacred process of rebuilding life with intention. A reminder that purpose doesn’t pause. Read more
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Fab Over 40 Competition
Three more days to go before the “CUT” begins! My lovelies – I’m currently in 3rd Place in my Group. Please Vote and Share with your friends and family 😊🤦🏾♀️ Thank you all for your continuous love and support 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽 My lovelies, please vote. https://votefab40.com/2023/larissa-rhone Read more
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