tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784868236358011304.post2426431650744479827..comments2023-04-15T08:44:38.994-07:00Comments on Personal Growth Planet: Thriving Because and In Spite of Past TraumasAmy Phillips-Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13670491481895325330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784868236358011304.post-30501182351226489352009-09-15T18:48:08.874-07:002009-09-15T18:48:08.874-07:00What a powerful post, too. It's something I le...What a powerful post, too. It's something I learned in therapy early on, it was really important to MJ (therapist) that I got this right way and it was about choice. About not being able to change the past but being able to choose how to deal with it in the present. It sounds trite because it's often advice, but really, it's a hard concept. <br /><br />I think we need labels to differentiate our experience from our self (ego-self, I) for a little while, but yeah, if not careful it's so easy to wear them for a lifetime, you're so right. And then the experience defines the person, instead of the other way around. <br /><br />I was speaking with RW about this last week and remembering a time when I wasn't sure who I was if I wasn't those words I thought defined me. I wasn't sure at one time in my life if I was anyone at all without them.<br /><br />I can really relate to this in many ways, well done.Karenhttp://homeschoolingsteven.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784868236358011304.post-88615407140648959122009-09-15T09:38:31.494-07:002009-09-15T09:38:31.494-07:00Very powerful thoughts and words--thanks!Very powerful thoughts and words--thanks!Susiehttp://www.relationshipgold.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784868236358011304.post-65045844010405785302009-09-14T14:22:43.273-07:002009-09-14T14:22:43.273-07:00"To me, thriving is the next step. I am no lo..."To me, thriving is the next step. I am no longer satisfied by merely surviving the trauma of my past. I intend to thrive despite and because of what happened in my experience."<br /><br />Amen. You said it, sister!Alissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640189184780380701noreply@blogger.com