Author Tamara Dawn Posted on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021Categories advice, decisions, growth mindset, hopeful, hopeless, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerabilityTags , , , ,

It’s worth the work…

It’s so interesting how we can believe the lie that someone has a low opinion of us based on our own insecurities… I walked around unknowingly carrying around shame and condemnation for DECADES… I walked around believing the lie that others could see how worthless I felt… I walked around not really putting effort into relationships because I didn’t want to get too attached… It’s crazy how our own insecurities can keep us in a mental prison… It’s crazy our … Continue reading “It’s worth the work…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on August 16, 2021August 15, 2021Categories anticipation, growth mindset, introspection, journal, Monday's musing, reflection, relationships, thought process, transparency, Uncategorized, vulnerability, waitingTags , , , ,

Allowing the future’s fire to blaze…

For so many different reasons, I’ve been thinking about the past a lot past lately… But let me start by saying that the word “past” is such an interesting word when you really think about it because, though the moment directly preceding this one is technically defined as “the past”, our minds generally tend to wander to events much further back in time when thinking about the past… Anywho… I guess it kind of makes sense that the past has … Continue reading “Allowing the future’s fire to blaze…”

Author Tamara Dawn Posted on November 15, 2020April 17, 2021Categories friendships, journal, reflection, relationships, transparency, UncategorizedTags , , , , , 2 Comments on The tragedy of Trauma Bonds

The tragedy of Trauma Bonds

Though I’m not usually one who ever tries to speak on behalf of anyone, I think that we can agree that most, if not all of us, have this desire to be seen, heard, or understood.  This is something that I have been reflecting on a lot lately as I’ve examined the way that I’ve built friendships over the past decade and a half of my adulthood. Things are so weird right now…  I can’t pinpoint the exact moment in … Continue reading “The tragedy of Trauma Bonds”