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Valerie Wittman, LPCC

@midnite.musing

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giving language to feelings you can’t name ❧
memoirist | meaning-maker | therapist
debut memoir: Lost on Purpose (2027)📖

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The wrong environment can distort so much of the way you see yourself.
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#SelfWorth #AuthenticLiving #HealingJourney #WritersOfInstagram #Musings by @midnite.musing

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7 days ago

We spend so much of our lives trying not to lose what we’ve built that we forget that some of the very best chapters of our lives required us to let go of the one before it.

Sometimes it’s a friendship that has run its course. A relationship that no longer fits. A job you thought you’d have forever. A version of yourself you’ve outgrown.

We cling because we’re afraid letting go means losing everything those seasons gave us.

But the season ends. The lessons don’t. You don’t lose your growth. You carry it forward.

The life you’re afraid to lose was once the life you were afraid to begin.

Maybe the next chapter isn’t asking you to become someone new.

Maybe it’s asking you to trust the person you’ve already become. 🤍
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#EmotionalHealing
#PersonalGrowth
#HealingJourney
#LifeTransitions
#InnerGrowth by @midnite.musing

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2 months ago

Maybe the quiet seasons aren’t empty at all. Maybe they’re where everything unfolds.
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#slowliving #selfreflection #innergrowth #writersofinstagram #intentionalliving by @midnite.musing

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14 days ago

Some of the hardest stories to rewrite are the ones we never realized someone else wrote for us.

You’re allowed to question the things you learned to believe about yourself. And you’re allowed to outgrow them.

For more words like this, read the rest of the essay on Old Soul Searching. The link is in my bio. 🧡
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#PersonalGrowth #SelfDiscovery #HealingJourney #WritersOfInstagram #WordsToLiveBy by @midnite.musing

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a month ago

Maybe you’ve never been “too much.”

Maybe you’ve simply been searching for the kind of connection that asks people to bring their whole selves. 💜💜
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#HighlySensitivePerson
#DeepConnections
#EmotionalHealing
#SelfAwareness
#HealingJourney by @midnite.musing

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2 months ago

Grief has many forms.

Sometimes it’s the loss of a person. Sometimes it’s the loss of a relationship, a future you imagined, or a version of your life you thought would always be there.

Whatever you’re grieving right now, I hope this reminds you that healing rarely arrives all at once. Most of the time, it happens so quietly you don’t notice it until one day you realize you’re carrying the weight differently than before.

Give yourself time. You’re healing, even when it doesn’t feel like it. 🤍🥹
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#healingjourney
#selfgrowth
#emotionalhealing
#mentalwellbeing
#wordsofwisdom by @midnite.musing

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4 months ago

We’ve been taught to judge our emotions before we learn to listen to them.

But our feelings aren’t interruptions to the life we’re trying to build. They’re often the very things pointing us toward it. The emotions we try hardest to silence sometimes reveal what matters most. 🤍
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#EmotionalHealing
#SelfAwareness
#PersonalGrowth
#WritersOfInstagram
#MindfulLiving by @midnite.musing

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a month ago

Maybe we’re only hopeless romantics when we look outward for completion,
and hopeful romantics when we discover we were always meant to be whole on our own. 🫶
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#attachmenthealing
#selflovequote
#bookaesthetic
#hopelessromantic
#womenwhowrite by @midnite.musing

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8 months ago

Fear and intuition can feel surprisingly similar.

Sometimes the only way to tell the difference is to walk toward what scares you and discover what’s waiting there.

What has fear been asking you to avoid?
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#PersonalGrowth #HealingJourney #SelfReflection #MindsetShift #WritersOfInstagram by @midnite.musing

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2 months ago

If this resonated with you, you can read the full essay, “Why the World Needs More Sensitive People,” on my blog, Old Soul Searching. The link is in my bio. 🤍
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#HighlySensitivePerson
#EmotionalHealing
#SelfDiscovery
#MentalHealthAwareness
#WritersOfInstagram by @midnite.musing

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2 months ago

We spend so much of our lives worrying about being understood.

But some of the most meaningful parts of us were never meant to fit inside a first impression.
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#writersofinstagram
#authenticity
#selfgrowth
#personaldevelopment
#innerwork by @midnite.musing

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4 months ago

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve felt deeply hurt by someone and couldn’t make sense of why they did what they did.

And if I’m being honest, there have been moments when I’ve wanted them to hurt the way I hurt. Not out of malice, but because I wanted them to understand. I wanted them to feel the weight of what they had done so they would never do it again.

But every time I followed that impulse, I found myself drifting further away from the person I wanted to be.

I’ve learned that kindness isn’t the same thing as self-abandonment. You’re allowed to limit who gets access to you. You’re allowed to leave. You’re allowed to choose yourself.

But other people’s actions should never cost you your humanity.
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#healingjourney
#selfgrowth
#emotionalintelligence
#personaldevelopment
#innerhealing by @midnite.musing

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4 months ago