Unapologetic Part 1 (repost)

Unapologetic Part 1 (repost)

by | Apr 12, 2020 | #Journey2Free, #Release, anger, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Peace, Self-Respect, Awakened, Be The Change, Becoming, Becoming Larissa, Betrayal, Breaking Cycles, Broken, Broken Trust, But God, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Choices, Courage, Creating Shifts, Depression, Disappointments, Emotions, Empowered Women Empower Women, Empowerment, Encouragement, Enough, Enough is Enough, Evolving, Expect the unexpected, Expectations, Faith, faithoverfear, family, fear, Fighter, Flashbacks, Forgiving Self, Freedom, Generational Rape, God, Growth, Healing, Hope, Hopeful, I choose, Insecurities, Internal pain, Isolation, It's Not Your Fault!, Journey, Justice, Life, Memories, Mind Set Transformation, Mindfulliving, No More Secrets!, Overcomer, Overcoming, Overwhelming, Pain, Perseverance, Prayer, promiscuity, Rage, Rape, Reassigning Shame, Regenerate, Resolve, Scars, Secrets, Self- acceptance, Self-Care, Self-discovery, Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem Issues, Self-expression, Self-Forgiveness, Self-Harm, Self-Hate, Sexual Abuse, Shame, Shatter The Silence, Soul-searching, Speak, Speak-Out, Speaking, Stand, Stand In Your Truth, Strength, Suicide, Surviving healing, Survivor, Transformation, Transparency, Trauma, Triggered, Triggers, Trust-Issues, truth, Unhealed Wounds, Unworthy, We Speak To Heal, What it means to be Larissa, What it means to be me, Wholeness, Withdrawal

 What started it all? I am choosing to ‘repost’ for the benefit of ‘all’ the people that only recently started following the blog as a result of theJ2F mini-series MASKED. Yes, your story is my story…  These pictures represent a turning...
Crushed – Part 2

Crushed – Part 2

by | Apr 5, 2020 | #Acceptance, #Expectations, #goals, #Journey2Free, #Release, anger, Apologies, Apology, Awakened, Becoming, Becoming Larissa, Betrayal, Breaking Cycles, Breakups, Broken, Broken Trust, Challenging, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Choices, Conversations, Courage, Creating Shifts, Disappointments, Emotions, Empowerment, Encouragement, Evolving, Expectations, faithoverfear, family, fear, Fighter, Flashbacks, Forgiveness, Forgiving Self, Freedom, Generational Rape, Growth, guilt, Happiness, Healing, Heartaches, Honesty, Hope, Hopeful, Hopeless, I choose, Insecurities, Internal pain, Isolation, Journey, Life, Life happens, lifetransformation, Liveauthentic, love, Memories, Mind Set Transformation, Mindfulliving, Mommy-duties, Neglect, Overcomer, Overcoming, Overwhelming, Pain, Perseverance, Rage, Reassigning Shame, Regenerate, Rejection, Relationships, Resolve, Scars, Secrets, Self- acceptance, Self-Care, Self-discovery, Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem Issues, Self-expression, Self-Forgiveness, Self-Hate, Self-love, Self-recovery, Sexual Abuse, Shame, Smile, Soul-searching, Speak, Speak-Out, Speaking, spiritual entrepreneur, Stand, Stand In Your Truth, Startwhereyouare, Strength, support, Surviving healing, Survivor, theeverygirl, Transformation, Transparency, Trauma, Triggered, Trust-Issues, truth, Unhealed Wounds, Unworthy, We Speak To Heal, What it means to be Larissa, What it means to be me, Wholeness, Withdrawal, Woman up, Wounds

 Retreat Nights were the hardest. I was preoccupied throughout the days. I kept myself busy (another unhealthy form of coping) I did what I knew best, put on a brave face, smiled, and performed my way through the pain while attending to my obligations. It’s a...