Self Talk Archives - Inner Stillness Outer Chaos

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Universal Soldier – Challenging Divisions and Finding Shared Humanity

We are constantly being bombarded with questions that divide us, especially with social media and traditional media. But when it comes to things like human…

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Anchors – How to stop holding yourself back

I am sitting on his couch, emotionally exhausted, when I hear myself say the words ‘I can’t be your cheerleader anymore.’

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Little Miss – A chronicle of personal growth through letters to myself.

I always listen to the song for the episode as I’m writing it just to really allow myself to go back to the emotional place…

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The War – Please keep fighting, I want to meet you someday

Trigger warning: suicidal thoughts, thoughts of secondary suicide, self-harm, drug use, and the opioid crisis

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Just Breathe – How to rescue yourself

In 2021 I chose to change my first name to Avery as a way to make peace and grieve the loss of who I used…

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Looking Too Closely – double standards we hold ourselves to

I am the queen of double standards. It’s easy for me to excuse forgetfulness, mistakes, or the harmful words and actions of others and say…

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Affirmation – finding my voice

When I was in grade one we were making a craft with a colonizer settler covered wagon, celebrating discovering the "great frontier" which I now…