Personal Blog and Podcast - Grief, CPTSD, Healing, Poetry, and a little bit of everything else.
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Well...
I pulled Catch Me On A Ramble from Spotify as of this afternoon and I have discontinued broadcasting to all podcast sites as a result (Anchor is owned by Spotify so all of it went in one swoop).
I'm satisfied with this decision and will be reviewing other outlets for the podcast. More to come!
https://anchor.fm/cmoar/episodes/The-Next-Room-e1ce427
New Episode out now!
The Next Room - Season 2 (!), Episode 1
Click the link below or check it out wherever you listen to podcasts!
Ever feel like you're trying to put together puzzles that don't have all the pieces? Well..you're in luck with today's episode! Tons of puzzle pieces! Not really....just lots of talking about next phases and what you can do to make them funny.
https://anchor.fm/cmoar/episodes/Basic-Needs-e16brgb
New Episode of CMOAR out today! Listen in wherever you listen to podcasts.
Season 1, Episode 10
Basic Needs
Poverty touches every part of a person's life, both currently and in the future... Where Poverty touches, so does Trauma.
https://anchor.fm/cmoar/episodes/When-It-Is-Preventable-e15uaas
Season 1, Episode 9
Give it a listen!
No other real way to describe this: Get your vaccines.
https://anchor.fm/cmoar/episodes/The-Glad-Game-e14u6jt
New Episode out today!
Season 1, episode 8
The Glad Game
Who knew that trauma could potentially make you hate yourself a little bit? No? No one? Guess we'll have to explore that...
https://anchor.fm/cmoar/episodes/Be-Better-e14ir36
New Episode out today!
Season 1, episode 7 - Be Better
Listen wherever you frequently listen to Podcasts or click the link below.
Do we REALLY need memes to tell us that people are struggling with things we know nothing about? Probably. But we shouldn't have to.
https://anchor.fm/cmoar/episodes/The-Funny-Slant-e1499ks
New Episode out today!
The Funny Slant
Season 1, Episode 6
To all my Geeks out there.... and RIP Carrie Fisher.
https://anchor.fm/cmoar/episodes/Rogue-Waves-e13unrk/a-a62g4gn
New Episode out now!
Ever had one of those days where you feel really good but then...everything hits all at once and knocks the wind out of you again?
https://anchor.fm/cmoar
New Episode available today! Listen to "When It Starts to Get Noisy" on your favorite podcast app.
Growing and coming back from loss, grief, and C-PTSD with humor and reflection.
We are now a Podcast!
You can hear us live on Spotify, Amazon Music Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Pocket Casts.
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Growing and coming back from loss, grief, and C-PTSD with humor and reflection.
https://cmoar.blog/2021/05/09/what-ive-done-without-you/
I am somewhat weirdly happy to report that death is, indeed, forever and I have accepted that.
I am somewhat weirdly happy to report that death is indeed forever and I have accepted that.
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So...I started a little something...
Growing and coming back from loss, grief, and C-PTSD with humor and reflection.
I hate Valentine's Day. I hated it when I was single. I hated it when I was married. I hate it now that I'm single again. I just hate it. What it boils down to is that Valentine's Day doesn't do anything at all for my love languages, or at least the modern iteration of the holiday doesn't. I really, really have no need for "things"....
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2021/02/08/will-you-be-my-valentine/
I hate Valentine’s Day. I hated it when I was single. I hated it when I was married. I hate it now that I’m single again. I just hate it. What it boils down to is that Valentine’s…
I love Doctor Who. I love it because it is supposed to be a kid’s show that is jam packed instead with stories of bravery, sacrifice, fear, loss, sci-fi, unbelievable adventures, magic, and every moral of every society you can think of. I also love it very, very much for the speeches that they use every season without fail when the current iteration of the Doctor has their big moment to shine with their almost millennia of wisdom....
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/doctor-what/
I know many folks are likely feeling that call of the void right now, whatever that might sound like. I feel like what I’m hearing most from people now is that the fear and uncertainty and pain is …
....and I don't mean what you think I mean. Get your mind out of the gutter (I was hoping your mind was going to go there so that you'd read this). One of the more interesting things about starting to dissect my own psyche through therapy, years of mental health training, and now taking psychology classes that literally force me to, is finding these little nuggets of information that I have largely overlooked and/or just thought were normal pieces of me....
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/remember-to-wear-protection/
It’s a hard realization to have…that I’ve basically spent my life protecting myself from feeling the love and comfort or need of others because I’m too scared of getting use…
In my experience, and I'm betting I'm not alone here, it is extremely easy to focus on what you have lost in the aftermath of any major trauma in your life rather than focusing on the positives. I have a semi-sort of theory for why this is the case: one of our largest societal rules is to not ever celebrate your accomplishments more than you mourn your failures. [ 1,042 more word ]
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/10/17/still-waters/
You ARE doing better than you think you are. You ARE amazing. You WILL make it. I hope we’ll see each other on the other side.
Therapy, as it turns out, is scary for a reason. All of these dark corners that I have either forgotten about on purpose or have just not wanted to venture into for a while are suddenly getting a flood light left on them. I'll be honest with you..this little venture forward to heal and learn to work with everything hasn't been the easiest of walks. [ 480 more words ]
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/10/10/it-is-a-long-walk-forward/
I’d like to not do that anymore. I’d like to not be afraid of it anymore. And I want to be fully open with the people in my life because I think the ones I have now are more likely to g…
How did you phrase it earlier this week in between other drunken ramblings? Before I wrote your name on piece of paper and symbolically threw it in the freezer to cool you off and get you out of my life? Oh. Right. Why am I scared to be loved? Am I so determined to be unloved and alone? It's an interesting thing when someone pulls at one of the knives you've left in place to keep yourself from bleeding all over everything and everyone else. [ 436 more words ]
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/10/02/i-stand-accused-and-refuse-to-bleed/
I refuse to bleed on someone who didn’t cut me.
I start re-evaluating my life and my goals every year right around now, either intentionally or not. Years upon years of training in my particular path of paganism has made it habit, I suppose. For you muggle types, this time of year marks for many witches the time when we are ramping down toward the new year at Samhain (Halloween). It's harvest season: foods, ideas, goals, dreams. [ 544 more words ]
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/09/27/whats-next/
What are you removing from your life? What has come to fruition for you? What’s next?
Let's sit down together across a table in a secluded coffee shop for a minute. I'm dressed in a black coat with a red plaid scarf on, sipping slowly at my steaming London Fog with just a hint of local honey in it. We haven't talked in a long time, not like this, not in a place where time and space don't exist. [ 444 more words ]
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/09/21/to-fail-is-to-live/
We need to talk about it being okay to fail. About how letting go of being perfect is the only way to save yourself. About how life lessons are gained quicker when you suck at something and have to…
Love has always been my super power. I give everything I've got. I will crawl through fire, chew through stone, and break everything in me for the people I care about. I don't assume importance and I don't assume permanence. I will stand by that person's side until they decide to retreat or survive in the face of uncertainty and animosity. [ 283 more words ]
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/08/16/in-return/
Love has always been my super power. I give everything I’ve got. I will crawl through fire, chew through stone, and break everything in me for the people I care about. I don’t assume im…
I have made every attempt, in the last few months, to convince myself that the things I'm experiencing are small and insignificant compared to what is happening in the world right now. And that might be really true. I'm just tired of being....well...tired. So...I started the first steps toward heading back into therapy for my C-PTSD. I said it earlier today, and I'll apparently have to remind myself of this often, but can I write a treatment plan for a client with my eyes closed? [ 916 more words ]
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/07/08/manifestation/
Onward on this journey..again…..which isn’t small or insignificant as I tend to imagine it. I’m tired of doing things on my own. I’m tired of having my back to the wall. I d…
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/06/28/for-the-love-of-reptiles/
So…at 5 or 6 years old..when my Hero of a Dad pointed out a snake to me in my Grandpa’s garden and told me to pick it up..I wasn’t exactly not thrilled with the idea.
I grew up in a different world than most of my peers. From the ages of 11-adulthood, I lived on the border of Warren, Michigan and Detroit, Michigan. 9-mile and Van D**e to be exact. A block from where 8-Mile (the movie, if any of you remember it) was filmed and a block from where the infamous 8 mile border was created to raise property values by separating the communities of color from the non-communities of color. [ 668 more words ]
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/06/06/breaking-walls/
Check yourselves, peeps. You might think you get it, but unless you have lived through the years of what people of color have in our country…you quite literally don’t and cannot. And it…
I'm reflecting today a lot on this idea that we all have time that we actually don't. I don't know about you, but fear of doing something in the "wrong moment" has dominated my life. Now..I largely ignore this and it's worked out in my favor most of the time, however; society teaches us to wait for the right moment for things. [ 179 more words ]
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/06/06/on-time/
Do the stuff that scares you today. Take the leaps. Take the chances. open up whenever you can. Tell people how you feel about them every single chance that you get.
It takes a lot to fight the demons that plague you. And every swing of your sword should come with a badge of honor that you are still standing.
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/05/05/what-it-takes/
It takes a lot to fight the demons that plague you. And every swing of your sword should come with a badge of honor that you are still standing.
Most recent post - In honor of mental health awareness month, sexual assault awareness month, and reducing stigma surrounding both.
https://catchmeonaramble.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/a-matter-of-convenience/
Keep up the good fight, all. You never know how wrong you are about this life until it sneaks up on you. And you’ll want to be here to find out how that will pan out.
Good evening all :) And welcome to CMOAR. You can expect blog posts at a yet un-decided interval with varying content. If you have any questions, please reach out to me! I appreciate all of your support over the last 6 years of having this blog and I look forward to sharing more content with you.
~ Sara, Author, Blogger, and Owner
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