What comes up for you when you think of a love letter?

I want to put a spin on the normal February romance and passion by inviting you to view this love letter a little differently today.

This is an invitation to you to write your own love letter this month. To yourself, about your healing journey. And you may share it (or not) with whomever you want to be in connection with.

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When I think of a love letter, I think of passion and romance....can these apply to our healing journeys?

I think so. And so, to begin, our love letter....

I like to think of passion as a driving force and romance as a love and passion that is enduring, that has humor, lots of emotion and is offered to a specific person, which today is......Ourselves.

And so, with this in mind, I'd like to start my love letter to myself, with a memory, (it's not one that is romantic or passionate in the normal sense)....

Dear Cami,

I have a memory of my past self that was driven by my nervous system on survival instead of love and driven by self preservation, instead of passionate enduring.

The memory comes with the thought.....

"If I owned my own thoughts growing up, it would have threatened my belonging."

And I wanted to belong. It was the only safety I knew. Belonging to my church and family was all I had.

So, I suppressed my own thoughts, didn't make waves, didn't own or even let myself consider or know that it is part of development to choose how I think.

To be accountable for those thoughts and how I act because of them.

And so today, memory, I want to offer a different form of romance and passion while on my healing journey.

I want to remind this memory and past trauma, about how hard I've worked to change my experience.

Now in my present life, I'm healing my mind as I own my part and I'm healing my body as I complete trauma energy cycles.

This is where there is hard and darkness, humor and fun, laughter and sorrow, depth and empowerment when owning my mind and my body experiences.

I don't get it all the time. And sometimes it's comical, frustrating and sad all at the same time as I stay in the mess of failing and trying again.

My experience becomes a beautiful two fold love story....

I've changed my experience through connection with others by surrounding myself with people who love me owning my thoughts. People who encourage me to grow and develop and who are not threatened by my growth. In this space together, We. Belong. Because. We. Choose. To. Belong. To. Ourselves. And. Others.

I've changed my experience through connection with my body. I believe and feel, from within, that my growing, maturing mind and regulated nervous system are rewiring and healing.

It feels so trusting and fun. I laugh, smile and have a deeper sense of all my emotions, good and hard, as I heal.

And through these connections, I'm no longer threatened by my belonging.

The old comes up but it doesn't drive me to hiding like it used. Sometimes, I will still hide and withdraw, but it doesn't last for long. I see it quickly and readjust and continue to heal.

And I'll continue to trust my body, my mind, and my growth.

How about you? Do you have a love letter to write about one aspect of your healing journey?

Remember, ❤️

You Matter. Your Healing Matters. You Are Worth It!

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