So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality. You can say: This did happen to me. It was that bad. It was the fault & responsibility of the adult. I was—and am—innocent.” The Courage to Heal by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the … - Ellen Bass
So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the …
- Ellen Bass
There is a comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal. - Ellen Bass
There is a comfort in knowing that you don’t have to pretend anymore, that you are going to do everything within your power to heal.
Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes, and you say, yes, I will take you I will love you… - Ellen Bass
Then you hold life like a face between your palms, a plain face, no charming smile, no violet eyes, and you say, yes, I will take you I will love you…
Visualizing how you want to be is [an] effective way to move toward your goal. - Ellen Bass
Visualizing how you want to be is [an] effective way to move toward your goal.
What would people look like if we could see them as they are, soaked in honey, stung and swollen, reckless, pinned against time? - Ellen Bass
What would people look like if we could see them as they are, soaked in honey, stung and swollen, reckless, pinned against time?
I live in Santa Cruz. I moved here in 1974 and couldn't leave. - Ellen Bass
I live in Santa Cruz. I moved here in 1974 and couldn't leave.
If you’ve managed to do one good thing, the ocean doesn’t care. But when Newton’s apple fell toward the earth, the earth, ever so slightly, fell towa… - Ellen Bass
If you’ve managed to do one good thing, the ocean doesn’t care. But when Newton’s apple fell toward the earth, the earth, ever so slightly, fell towa…
Everyone has the right to tell the truth about her own life. - Ellen Bass
Everyone has the right to tell the truth about her own life.
No matter how many vitamins you take, how much Pilates, you'll lose your keys, your hair and your memory. - Ellen Bass
No matter how many vitamins you take, how much Pilates, you'll lose your keys, your hair and your memory.
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