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Boundaries on Social Media: How to Protect Your Privacy, Relationships, and Mental Health

By Irina Leave a Comment

Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
– Eurythmics

How much time do you spend on social media each day? Minutes, hours? Do you even bother counting?


Your smartphone is within reach, even when you're in the bathroom or with your family.

Boundaries on Social Media
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Filed Under: Boundaries Tagged With: Boundaries, emotional abuse, Emotional support, Mental health, Productivity, Relationships, Safety online, Social media, Toxic relationships

How to Heal from a Toxic Relationship with Your Mother

By Irina 2 Comments

The Ultimate Guide for Daughters

“Sure, Mom… me too. See you soon.” 

Sigh…

You hang up the phone and a tsunami of anxiety sweeps over you. 

You look around, and the cosy kitchen feels suddenly distant and unreal, as if you’re looking through a dirty glass. So does your hand, still clutching the phone – is it even your hand?  

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Filed Under: Abuse, Dysfunctional mothers an their daughters, Dysfunctional mothers and daughters relationship, Emotional Trauma, Family Tagged With: Abusive mother, Adult children, Anxiety, Childhood trauma, Developmental trauma, emotional abuse, Family, Happiness, Healing childhood trauma, Healing from developmental trauma, Inspirational, Joy, Life lessons, Motivational, Personal growth, Relationships, Self-care, Self-growth, Self-help, Toxic mothers

How to Escape The Madness Of The World And Enjoy Christmas

By Irina Leave a Comment

Christmas tree

“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.”- Roy L. Smith

Inspirational quotes from celebrities interspersed with common wisdom and practical tips

We are in the middle of the Christmas season, just over the third Advent.

Christmas stars on windowsills, traditional trees dressed in glittering glass balls and garlands. Gnomes and other magic creatures curiously peeping at us from their temporary residences on shelves, cabinets, and even from under the ceiling. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Christmas Tagged With: Christmas, Family, Friendship, Happiness, Happy, Healing childhood wounds, Holiday season, inspiration, Inspirational, Life lessons, Love, Mindset, Quotes, Relationships, Self-care, Self-love

Ugly Truth About Child Abuse and Developmental Trauma

By Irina 6 Comments

Developmental trauma If someone asked you about your childhood, what would you say?

“I don’t want to talk about it,” or “There’s not much to say,” or “Nothing was wrong with my childhood”?

Perhaps you wouldn’t remember much even if you tried… except your mother’s icy face, your dad’s angry voice, or your uncle’s drunken laughter…

And your fear of being in this unsafe and dangerous world.

Scared and sad, you had no one to talk to. No one who would listen and understand. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Child Abuse, Developmental trauma Tagged With: Abusive mother, Adult children, Anxiety, Brain, Child abuse, Childhood trauma, Developmental trauma, Healing childhood trauma, Healing childhood wounds, Healing from developmental trauma, Health, Insights, inspiration, Inspirational, Life lessons, Personal growth, recovery from childhood emotional abuse, Relationships, Self-care, Self-compassion, Self-growth, Self-love, toxic people

35 Life Lessons (Learned on a Bumpy Road to Healing and Happiness)

By Irina Leave a Comment

Swimming over the roadEver watched raindrops on a spider web sparkling in the summer sun? How light refracts in the prism of water beads, spilling out into hundreds of colourful beams.

The articles on life lessons are like that too. Caught in the virtual web they are waiting to be found. To share their wisdom gained throughout years of human experience.

Why do we bother reading them?

Because we are unique beings living unique lives. Similar in some ways, different in others. Lessons we need to learn are not the same, neither how we learn them.

What we share reflects valuable knowledge from the areas of life most significant for our personal growth.

Looking for some answers? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Self-growth Tagged With: Childhood trauma, Communication, Couples, Happiness, Healing childhood wounds, Life lessons, Relationships, Self-compassion, Self-growth, Self-improvement, Self-love

On Love, Mourning, and Celebration of Life

By Irina 6 Comments

Friend's last party.

Friend’s Last Party

“Some people come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never ever the same.” ― Flavia Weedn

Ann is no more.

She fought bravely but she couldn’t win the fight against cancer. It took her from us…

A modest village church is bathing in sunshine. Pouring through pointy windows, it reflects from austere walls and perks up a dim alter.

The aisle looks like a runway. With flowers instead of lights—lilies, roses and chrysanthemums in elegant bundles.

At the end of the aisle-runway is a white casket—a weirdly shaped aeroplane in the middle of a flower meadow. Ready to take off. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cancer, Grief, Storytelling Tagged With: Cancer, Friendship, Insights, Inspirational, Love, Relationships, Self-care, Spiritual

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