These poems were written throughout my healing journey as I have healed from rape, family dynamics, bullying, grief, and more.
Some are new and some are old, but all have been an important part of my journey.
I share them here with you in hopes that they help you too. And if not, maybe they’ll just bring a new view on healing from trauma.
All poems are my own and all images are from my travels around the globe.
I wrote this poem when processing and feeling the feelings regarding being blamed for surviving the crime of sexual violence.
I wrote this poem when healing, forgiving, and accepting the truth of a relationship that I tried to make work, but realized I deserved better.
I wrote this poem when feeling the heartache and grief that comes with friend break-ups.
I wrote this poem on my healing journey when reflecting on the impact of a relationship from my past.
I wrote this poem on my healing journey and learning to set boundaries with people.
This is a poem I wrote when healing from negative self-talk and forgiving myself for being my own biggest critic.
This is a poem I shared in Reflections episode #4. It’s a story about overcoming fear after trauma.
I wrote this poem when processing the complicated feelings of being raped and wanting to stay quiet and enjoy life and also wanting to speak up and help others.
I wrote these poems when processing and healing from dissociation. Throughout my healing journey I found it incredibly confusing and disorienting to process repressed memories.
I wrote this poem to go with episode 104: 6 Pillars of the Self-Love System: How Practicing Self-Love Helps Us to Feel Enough for Loving Relationships
Oftentimes when I am healing from abuse, I feel gulty as I begin to see how harmful a relationship was in my life. This poem helped me to process guilt that was arising on a hard day.
I wrote this poem when processing anger and bitterness. This poem helped me to process my emotions and an experience I had of feeling humiliated in front of my peers.
I wrote this poem when healing from the abuse of others and needed an outlet to process the difficult feelings that arise when learning to accept the unacceptable.
I wrote this poem when processing from shame related to rape, sexual trauma, and the complicated feelings towards my attackers.
I wrote this poem when healing from sexual trauma. This poem helped me process guilt and my fear of being a coward.
I wrote this poem when healing from sexual trauma. I wrote it as a guiding intention about how I wanted to feel in my body and how it would feel to be rooted within.
This is a poem I wrote in Italy on a day where I was caught in my head and thoughts, and couldn’t stop worrying about the future.
I wrote this poem on a day when I felt as though no one understood my pain and that everyone chose to look the other way. This poem helped me to have compassion and a new view on my own feelings.
I wrote this poem in honor of a friend who passed away. This poem helped me to process some of my grief, and is featured in episode 37: healing your grieving heart: feeling the feelings of grief.
I wrote this poem when visiting Zion National Park, one of my favorite places on this Earth.