Abuse-recovery Quote by Jeanne McElvaney Download Open image ““Honor yourself for all the ways you learned to take care of yourself during your abuse ~”” — Jeanne McElvaney ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Abuse-recovery Abuse-survivors Childhood-abuse Childhood-sexual-abuse Effects-of-child-abuse Harrietta-s-happenstance Healing-abuse Healing-insights Jeanne-mcelvaney Learning Spirit-unbroken-abby-s-story Survivors-of-abuse
“Honoring all ways we survived our childhood abuse is healing. We were amazing and courageous.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“When we don’t honor ourselves, we are coming into agreement with the abuser’s toxic agenda. We end up abusing ourselves too. While” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Survivors of abuse show us the strength of their personal spirit every time they smile.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“When you truly love yourself, you do not accept abusive relationships, because you know you deserve better.” — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
“In your whole life nobody has ever abused you more than you have abused yourself. And the limit of your self-abuse is exactly the… — Miguel Ruiz Copy Share Image
“If you don’t want to abuse yourself, if you don’t want to abuse your life, the best thing to do is to begin to… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“Abuse ambushed my life, I could not love myself truly and could never have a healthy relationship, they were either abused or completely impaired.” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
“Overcoming abuse doesn't just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.” — Assunta Harris Copy Share Image
“With gratitude, I have become a healing balm to thousands of people, if not more, who have suffered child abuse, sibling abuse, a dysfunctional… — Dana Arcuri CTRC Copy Share Image
“Any personal growth that comes after abuse is a testimony to the strength of the survivor. I” — Shannon Thomas Copy Share Image
“Beating yourself up over every perceived mistake is the work of an internal abuser who must be restrained and reformed.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“When you're scared, invite your spirit out of hiding. Wear pointed shoes with build in sass > Let your wings take you where your… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Awareness is a gentle beauty. It hovers around me like a fairy, pointing to those things I would miss if I didn't look past… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Survivors of abuse show us the strength of their personal spirit every time they smile.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“When there is no purpose of thought or activities to keep us firmly planted in routines, we connect to our personal spirit. Then the… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Serendipity will take you beyond the currents of what is familiar. Invite it. Watch for it. Allow it.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it's continued effects on us won't "just… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Dissociated trauma memories don't reveal themselves like ordinary memories. Like pieces of a puzzle, they escape the primitive part of our brain where the… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Stuffing our memories might become familiar over the years, but it requires a mental vigilance that separates us from our inner world. It's building… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“To know the outcome of a desire means you are relying on what you already know. True change comes in colors you've never imagined.… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“In the weeds of childhood sexual abuse, we are the sturdy flowers that kept reaching for a slip of sunshine and a trickle of… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, during our healing journeys, those closest to us can’t help even though we all wish it could be that way. Allow those moments… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“You can recognize survivors of abuse by their courage. When silence is so very inviting, they step forward and share their truth so others… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“I'm still not sure if I was a victim or not... and if I was, who was my abuser?” — Eskay Teel Copy Share Image
“Survivors of abuse show us the strength of their personal spirit every time they smile.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Hate is a normal and involuntary reaction when somebody tries to control you for no good reason. It signals that the person is extinguishing… — Lindsay C. Gibson Copy Share Image
“There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it's continued effects on us won't "just… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Dissociated trauma memories don't reveal themselves like ordinary memories. Like pieces of a puzzle, they escape the primitive part of our brain where the… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Stuffing our memories might become familiar over the years, but it requires a mental vigilance that separates us from our inner world. It's building… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“In the weeds of childhood sexual abuse, we are the sturdy flowers that kept reaching for a slip of sunshine and a trickle of… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Dissociation leaves us disconnected from our memories, our identities and our emotions. It breaks the trauma into digestible components, so that different aspects of… — Shahida Arabi Copy Share Image
“Overcoming abuse doesn't just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.” — Assunta Harris Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, during our healing journeys, those closest to us can’t help even though we all wish it could be that way. Allow those moments… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“If I were free, as a physician, to say what I pleased, I would tell every abused person I see that there is an… — C. Kennedy Copy Share Image