Childhood abuse and trauma are no joke. And, the tendrils that then extend from those formative years into your adulthood create false narratives and limiting beliefs about yourself, block your potential, can lead you to more abuse, and everything else that’s not meant to define you. Join Debbie Dibs as she opens the door for you to be a fly on the wall through her own therapy and journey towards discovering herself, healing, and going from surviving to thriving. Listen in to relate, to know ...
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I never understood birthdays growing up. I knew I always hated mine as a child, because I was unsure how much heartache the day would bring. But, when I became a mother myself, I finally connected the dots and got it: birthdays are about celebrating the life of that person and the joy you have for their presence in yours. So, when you grow up with …
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This podcast wraps itself around a book that was a window into my own childhood and felt like a mirror to me: Dibs in Search of Self by Virginia M. Axline. It is a book I have read many times for various reasons over the course of my life–first, for school and then for my soul. Through the book, Axline brings us through the journey of a boy named D…
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Have siblings? Rather than a matter of NATURE versus nurture, you and your brothers and sisters may have grown up in the same environment, but you can still have had vastly different outcomes. Why? Because your NURTURING was so different. Your primary caregiver’s treatment of you shapes you. Point blank, period. And, if your parent treated you diff…
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