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Trauma + Addiction Recovery Advocate exploring the Connection to ourselves & others Through:
Nature•Movement•Creation 𖠰𓂃༻*༄ ✍︎︎

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Less fast, more slow
Sending you all the luck + good fortune 🍀🐍 by @connectingperception

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There is nobody to blame—
October is Domestic Violence awareness month and this is the first year I’m sober to process the scope of my abuse. I’ve talked about my abuse but I’ve began to see how it’s played a huge role in who I am today.

the last week I've been crying on the floor like a big baby waiting for the answers. I was desperate, and as soon as I found the time to sit down with myself, my thoughts + a pen & paper everything comes to me

I just turned 23 and I still feel like a child because I’ve denied myself the freedom to talk about experiences without explaining myself. In talking about these subjects I guide myself through all the feelings and emotions my younger self never processed.

I say “processing” a lot and what does that mean to me? To process something is to integrate the lesson into daily life so that it may no longer consume us.

DV Awareness Month and everything else this month has symbolized for me opened up portals inside of and shattered me.
For me, DV goes hand in hand with generational trauma which in turn goes hand in hand with my substance abuse. I was able to do a genogram of my family history and it opened my eyes, but I am still afraid. So for now, I will tell my personal story.

In the slides depicted above is a timeline of my “relationship” between 2015-2019 which was very prominent growing stages for me.

I loved my ex with my whole being, because I thought my worth was determined if I was loved by a man or not. No matter what, I didn’t leave. I craved loved and thought if I stayed, I’d eventually receive it. When we finally stopped talking and I’d pushed most of my true friends away I began to numb myself with any substance I could get my hands on.
2020 was a blur, I was lifeless.
2021 I knew I had a problem.
2022 I wanted to get better and got the push (punishment lmao) I deserved.
2023 I had to let go of every expectation I’ve ever set for myself.

Pain binds us together. There is so much more to come through connecting this topic to everything in my life.

Stop sweeping things under the rug.
Ask questions, question everything.
Seek help— Do not sit in silence, because your story will ignite fires taken in California by @connectingperception

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Nothing is better than meeting yourself for the first time ✨

Happy National Sobriety Day to those who choose not to indulge in anything, to those who’re cali sober, to those leaning into sobriety, and to those still struggling within their addiction— there is so much room and love for you in this corner 🫂

Today is special, because I am still alive to celebrate and encourage other souls to join me on this journey.
I first began this adventure when I was 22 and next week I’ll be 26. Over the last four years I’ve beat myself up time and time again for relapsing, but as I reflect today— I remind myself that is exactly what addiction is, doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.

My last drink was December 14 2025; the day after I put my childhood dog down. I didn’t want to get drunk, but I wanted to numb, and that’s what any substance will do for you if you let it. I took a few sips of beer and I told myself I was done. Every time I’ve quit, it’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

Today marks 9 months.
9 months of choosing myself.
Clearly, sobriety suits me well, and if you notice I’m not making it my entire personality— please check on me.

Cheers to the future. Cheers to feeling every feeling and flowing with them. 🥂 by @connectingperception

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1/1 bleach dye shirts will be available on my website very soon <3
www.connectingperception.com taken in California by @connectingperception

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I recognize the power of my mind 🧠
꒰ঌ ໒꒱୭˚. ᵎᵎ abundant self love, angel on earth energy .⊹⋆↜˚〄 by @connectingperception

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9 days ago

Idk how yall record cord cutting rituals or literally anything to do with candle magick; these took an hour+ to burn and I was running out of storage the whole entire time 💀
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🕯️ I will say, it is nice to go back and decipher the flames afterwards as well.
Very pleased with this — I’m strong but my mind is a powerful thing and negative self-talk has taken over after breaking my sobriety for a 3rd time ..
feeling like I’m stuck in a loop. ➰
So as always, coming back to myself the only way I know how to :: nature, movement, creation by @connectingperception

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A new display for earrings! 🌿🌀 by @connectingperception

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17 days ago

A few shirts I’ve made recently - been having fun experimenting 🧪 ⋆⭒˚.⋆ by @connectingperception

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Happy Harvest Moon; blessings to September & the changing of seasons ~
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1/2 taken in California by @connectingperception

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Leading up to the Harvest Full Moon ♈︎𓃵🌕♍︎⋆✴︎˚｡⋆
Days passing by, meeting her again every month
Full
Of love
Peaking, maximum potential
Earth opposing fire— cosmic tension
Time to clear the air
Breath(e) — Of flames
Casting spells; Making magick 🕯️ by @connectingperception

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