The rhythm of healing: How to gather yourself back together, piece by piece

The return to yourself does not happen in a snap of the fingers. It is a delicate, slow, jeweler's process, requiring patience and tenderness.

Ye dinnae need tae set records. Ye dinnae need tae prove tae onybody that ye've 'worked through yer trauma' or 'reached a new level'. Here, for the first time in years, ye can decide nothin' at all.

Jist brew some tea. Look oot the windae at the sunset sky. Listen tae the silence between the beats o' yer hert. Let the space aroond ye haud ye and keep ye safe. Ye're hame. Yer world has stood firm. And noo it belongs tae ye alane.