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Allowing Gratitude to Change Your Physical and Mental Health

November 6, 2019 By Emily Smith 1 Comment

When I was 19 years old I was in the passenger seat driving through Oklahoma. After dinner it was a little misty, but we decided to keep driving rather than stop for the night. Suddenly we had to slam on our breaks as our visibility was reduced to no more than 6 feet in front…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Art Journaling, Creativity, Emotional, Physical, Recovery, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: being thankful makes you healthy, choose joy, gratitude improves your health, gratitude journaling, gratuitude, self-care, self-love

Profile of an Abuser- The Terrorist | muchnessmama.com | Living With an Abusive Partner | Am I in an Abusive Relationship

Profile of an Abuser- the Terrorist

April 24, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

In the book “Why Does He Do That?”  Lundy Bancroft outlines ten types of abusers. You can see the brief description of each type in my previous post on identifying types of abusive men. Today we are going to dive more into the mindset of the Terrorist The Attitudes That Drive the Terrorist Abuser The Terrorist…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Emotional, Marriage, Physical, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: abuse, Am I being abused, emotional abuse, i am afraid of my partner, Lundy Bancroft, mental health, my partner scares me, PTSD, relationships, self-love, trauma

Profile of an Abuser | The Victim | muchnessmama.com | how to identify emotional abuse | Am I being abused?

Profile of an Abuser- The Victim

April 17, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

In the book “Why Does He Do That?”  Lundy Bancroft outlines ten types of abusers. You can see the brief description of each type in my previous post on identifying types of abusive men. Today we are going to dive more into the mindset of the Victim   The Attitudes That Drive the Victim Abuser The…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Emotional, Friendships, Marriage, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: abuse, addiction, addiction recovery, Am I being abused, betrayal trauma, depression, emotional abuse, family, Lundy Bancroft, marriage, mental health, relationships, self-care, self-love

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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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Filed Under: Community, Emotional, Finding Balance, Friendships, Marriage, Motherhood, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: finding belonging, fitting in, i am enough, i am unique, I don't belong, ia m a misfit, mental health, motherhood, muchness, self-care, self-love

Profile of an abuser- The Player | MuchnessMama.com

Profile of an Abuser- Player

April 3, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

In the book “Why Does He Do That?”  Lundy Bancroft outlines ten types of abusers. You can see the brief description of each type in my previous post on identifying types of abusive men. Today we are going to dive more into the mindset of the Player. The Attitudes That Drive the Player Abuser The Player…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Friendships, Marriage, Recovery, Relationships, Trauma Tagged With: abuse, addiction, addiction recovery, betrayal trauma, emotional abuse, Lundy Bancroft, mental health, relationships, self-care, self-love, sex addiction, sexual addiction

Profile of an Abuser- The Drill Sergeant

March 29, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

In the book “Why Does He Do That?”  Lundy Bancroft outlines ten types of abusers. You can see the brief description of each type in my previous post on identifying types of abusive men. Today we are going to dive more into the mindset of the Drill Sergeant. The Attitudes That Drive the Drill Sergeant Abuser…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Emotional, Friendships, Marriage, Physical, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: abuse, addiction, Am I being abused, betrayal trauma, emotional abuse, identifying abusive behavors, Lundy Bancroft, mental health, parenting, physica abuse, physical assault, relationships, self-care, self-love

4 simple Steps for Betrayal Trauma Recovery

February 15, 2019 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

If you’ve read my post on what betrayal trauma is and how it affects you you may be wondering “well what now?” If you haven’t, go read it, don’t worry, I’ll wait….. OK now that you know the symptoms you’re probably wondering what to do for recovery. Quite frequently all these symptoms are lumped into…

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Filed Under: Recovery, Self Care, Trauma Tagged With: betrayal trauma recovery, get out of isolation, marriage advice, relationships, self-care, self-love, sex addiction

Getting Started with Art Journaling

August 30, 2018 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

Recently, as part of my healing from betrayal trauma, I have started an art journal. Now I don’t work in it nearly as often as I’d like, but such is life as a mom of young children. It has definitely been a hugely therapeutic thing for me. I’ve shed tears more than once while creating….

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Filed Under: Art Journaling, Creativity, Emotional, Recovery, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: art, art journaling, art therapy, arteza, crayola, pens, sakura, self-care, self-love, washi tape, watercolors, work from home mom

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The 5 Love Languages- Understanding How We Give and Receive Love

February 23, 2018 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

Have you ever struggled with feeling like you are loved and appreciated in your marriage, parenthood, friendship, or other relationship? On the flip side have you ever felt like you were showing an overwhelming amount of love only to have someone tell you that they don’t feel appreciated? You might be dealing with a love…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Community, Friendships, Marriage, Motherhood, Recovery, Relationships, Trauma Tagged With: acts of service, big family, five love languages, gifts, mental health, motherhood, muchness, parenting, physical touch, quality time, self-care, self-love, words of affirmation

Weak Things Become Strong

February 19, 2018 By Emily Smith Leave a Comment

We all have weaknesses. Character flaws, not yet achieved ambitions, desires to do or be better. We also all have strengths. A big part of self-love and self-care is being able to accept our current state of being while still pushing forward to always be better. With that intent we often quite vigorously hunt for our…

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Filed Under: Addiction, Creativity, Digital Art, Emotional, Recovery, Scripture Journaling, Self Care, Spiritual, Trauma Tagged With: he uses the weak things of the world, i am enough, iwill make weak things become strong, motherhood, muchness, self-care, self-love, weak will confound the strong

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