The rhythm of healing: How to reassemble yourself piece by piece

Returning to yourself does not happen with a snap of the fingers. It is a subtle, slow, jeweler's process, requiring patience and tenderness.

Nah need fer set records. Nah need fer prove ter ennyone dat ya "worked through trauma" er "leveled up." Here, fer de first time in years, ya kin decide nothin' at all.

Jes brew some tea. Look out de window at de sunset sky. Listen ter de silence between heartbeats. Let de space around ya hold ya an' protect ya. Yer home. Yer world held firm. An' now it belongs only ter ya.