The Unmasked Blog
Truth-telling for women done playing small.
The One Thing You Must Do To Accomplish Your Goals
Goals. This simple, 5-letter word can instantly conjure up any number of thoughts and feelings. Maybe you set a few goals for yourself at the beginning of the year and you're on track to meet every single one of them. And, honestly, that's AWESOME! But, more likely...
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Question #6 – Who helped?
What or who is it that helped you to overcome and move in the direction of healing? My friend, Diane and her mother (aka "Mom") loved me during the most confusing time in my life. While they weren’t able to help me to stop my downward spiral, I truly believe that I...
Question #5 – Thoughts and Hopes for Future
If you haven’t already, please try to explain your thoughts and hopes about the future as you were experiencing your personal trauma. The future? I had absolutely no dreams for a future. I simply existed. As a matter of fact, because I had no hope for happiness, I...
Question #4 – Debilitating Experience
Why was this experience debilitating for you? I was already quite withdrawn from being separated from my family during third grade. By the time I was molested at the age of 12, I had become increasingly withdrawn, confused and scared. (The person that attacked me was...
Question #3 – Past Trauma
What is the trauma that you have overcome? Wow. So here we go... I was under the distinct impression that my parents didn’t want me. I was hospitalized in first grade for two weeks for pneumonia. In third grade, my family was building a house on a 15 acre lot and my...
Question #2 – Future Dreams
As a child, did you have a dream about the future? As a child, you were probably asked this question by a wide variety of people. Parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, teachers, clerks at the grocery store…perfect strangers felt the liberty to ask you what you wanted to...
Does Your Life Need Tweaking?
What areas of your life could be upgraded or tweaked? This can be a difficult question. Especially if you're a woman, as we're not conditioned to think of how to make our lives better. If you've had trauma in your life, this is an even stronger characteristic. And,...