Breaking The Chains
Unleash your female power through journaling with ease
Dear Friend
How are you feeling today? I wish you were here! I’ve runaway to my HAPPY PLACE, to the house on the beach and it’s pretty much a slice of Welsh paradise.
Yesterday, I was sat in the garden, reading, trying to simmer down ‘Nigel’ my inner critic, and the word COMPARTMENTALISE came into my thoughts. Why? I’m not so sure, but it’s a word I’m very familiar with, I’d probably go as far to say it’s one of my super powers.
So I guess I’m quite the expert at compartmentalising shit. You know what I mean right? That uncanny ability to tuck away your pain, your trauma, your grief and soldier on as if everything’s just peachy. But it’s like all super powers, it comes with a price.
From a young age, we’re taught to be the nurturers, the peacekeepers, the ones who hold it all together. We learn to push down our own needs, to silence our own voices, to lock away our pain in neat little boxes. Childhood traumas? Box it up. Heartbreak? there’s a compartment for that. Loss of confide…