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Finding Balance

The Best Black Friday Deals for Self Care and Self Development

November 28, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

The holidays can be extremely difficult when you are dealing with addiction, abuse, and trauma. It’s the time of year when I need to double down on my self-care efforts. With that in mind here are the very best Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, etc. Deals that I can find! I’ll keep this…

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7 Tips for Living a Mindful Life

November 22, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

I believe that recovery for the traumatized and the addict is completely impossible without mindfulness. We can’t heal things that we do not understand. Last night we were watching an episode of Once Upon a Time that is set in Neverland. Emma, the story’s main heroine, is presented with a map by Peter Pan. She…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Emotional, Finding Balance, Physical, Recovery, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: addiction recovery, become more aware of yourself, betrayal trauma healing, get to know yourself, living a mindful life, meditating, Mindful meditation, Mindfulness, who are you

Four Compelling Reasons to Keep a Journal

October 31, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

I have found journaling to be an essential part of my healing from betrayal trauma and PTSD. Journals help me to process emotions, organize my thoughts, and keep myself grounded in truth.   Let’s be honest, keeping a journal my not sound like the most exciting thing you can do for your healing. For years I’ve…

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Embracing Your Shero’s Journey

October 14, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

I’m a HUGE fan of all the Marvel/Avengers movies that have come out in the last few years. I’m a total sucker for a good superhero story. I especially love how each of the characters have pretty big flaws that make them human. As a kid I used to love playing superheroes with my friends….

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Filed Under: Emotional, Finding Balance, Physical, Recovery, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: betrayal trauma recovery, digital painting, hero's journey, Super Heroes, The stages of the hero's journey, warrior woman, what is the hero's journey

Determined to Rise Retreat for Women Who are Dealing With Betrayal Trauma | muchnessmama.com

Determined to Rise Retreat for Betrayal Trauma Sheroes

May 24, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

On August 13th, 2018 I did the scariest thing I have ever done. I hit publish on the most vulnerable blog post I have ever written, Sex Addiction and Betrayal Trauma- My Story I sat on that post for almost a year before I hit publish. I know God wanted me to publish it. I…

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Filed Under: Community, Emotional, Finding Balance, Friendships, Physical, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: Abused women, determined to rise, Retreat for Betrayal Trauma Survivors, Survivors of abuse

The Introverted mom | muchnessmama.com

Sailing the Storms of Motherhood as an Introvert

May 20, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

What are the differences between an extrovert and an introvert? How does being introverted affect your motherhood? Want to read Jamie Martin’s new book The Introverted Mom? Don’t miss the giveaway at the end of this post! I have never been accused of being shy. I was the kid who could be friends with anyone….

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Head Above Water | How the Codependent Model Perpetuates Abuse| muchnessmama.com | betrayal Trauma | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder | Addiction and Abuse

Head Above Water- How the Codependent Model Perpetuates Abuse

April 29, 2019 By Emily Smith 2 Comments

Your symptoms are not signs of a codependent mental disorder. You are suffering from betrayal trauma induced PTSD. Society needs to see and treat the victims as victims, not co-addicts. The codependency model is abuse.   The Relationship Begins One day a young woman was standing on the shore of a big lake with her sweetheart….

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Filed Under: Addiction, Community, Emotional, Finding Balance, Friendships, Marriage, Physical, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: abuse, addiction recovery, Am I being abused, am i codependent, betrayal trauma, codependency, emotional abuse, Lundy Bancroft, mental health, PTSD, sexual addiction

I am a misfit | I don't fit in | How to belong | muchnessmama.com | I am enough | I am unique

I am a Misfit

April 16, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

How often have you felt alone, unappreciated, or just plain weird? I know I do, a LOT!! When you feel like a misfit you often tend to turn that into feelings of inadequacy. “I’m not good enough because I don’t do…..”, or self doubt “should I be doing this instead of that?” Sometimes being a…

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Serenity Prayer surrounded by Zentangle inspired doodle drawings | muchnessmama.com | yoga for the brain | benefits of zentangle

Serenity Prayer Zentangle Doodle Drawing

April 10, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

What is Zentangle? I have recently discovered and fallen in love with doodle drawings also commonly called Zentangle or doodle drawing. This type of art has been around since the beginning of man, but has recently experienced a resurgence in popularity due to Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas giving it the name Zentangle and dictating…

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Creating and Enforcing Healthy Boundaries in Relationships

October 1, 2018 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

To say being married to an addict is difficult would be the understatement of the year. Let’s face it, even without addiction relationships are hard work. Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries is crucial to finding health and happiness both for the addict and their betrayed spouse. When I first heard the word boundaries I was…

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