Let’s welcome @Kimberly Balogh to the community.

Writing Prompt: Write about what you needed but didn’t get. Description: Healing requires grieving not just what happened, but what didn’t happen. This week focuses on unmet needs and emotional loss. Shadow Questions: 1. What did I deserve that I never received? 2. How has this lack shown up in my adult relationships? 3. Where am I still trying to “earn” what should have been given freely? Associated Emotion: ➡️ Sadness / Grief Affirmations: • It is safe for me to grieve what I lost or never had. • My needs matter, and I honor them now.

I was five years old when I learned a word that would haunt me for decades. Jezebel. I didn’t know what it meant. I only knew my mother was being taken away in a police car. I only knew I was crying. I only knew I was running after her, begging her not to leave. And I only knew that before the car door closed, she looked at me and said: “This is all your fault.” At five years old, I believed her. I believed I was bad. I believed I wasn’t worthy. I believed I wasn’t lovable. I believed bad girls get left behind. For years, those beliefs followed me. Through foster homes. Through abuse. Through addiction. Through relationships. Through every place I searched for love while secretly believing I didn’t deserve it. What I know now is this: A wounded child will spend a lifetime trying to prove they are worthy of love. Until one day they realize they always were. Today, I am not that little girl standing in the rain. I am a mother. A grandmother. A survivor. A healer. An author. And I wrote the book I wish that little girl could have read. 📖 Writing Into the WoundThe Little Girl Who Survived Because healing begins the moment we stop carrying shame that never belonged to us. If you have ever felt abandoned, rejected, unseen, or not enough, this book is for you. ❤️ If this speaks to your heart, leave a comment with one word you needed to hear as a child. Mine was: “Protected.”

The anger that was silence.

Writing Prompt: Write an uncensored letter expressing anger toward the people, situations, or experiences that hurt you. Description: Anger is often suppressed, especially in childhood. This week allows safe expression of that anger, which is essential for releasing stored emotional energy. Shadow Questions: 1. What was I not allowed to say or feel at the time? 2. Who am I still seeking validation or apology from? 3. How do I currently suppress or misdirect my anger? Associated Emotion: ➡️ Anger Affirmations: • My anger is valid and deserves to be expressed safely. • I release what I have been holding in my body and voice.