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An open hand on a wet glass, a person standing in the background and the title is Grief and Abuse by Katy Parker

The Grief No One Sees: What if Domestic Abuse Takes More Than a Relationship?

Exploring the grief that comes after domestic abuse, the loss of identity, and the life you once imagined. There are losses no one names. Losses that happen quietly, sometimes so gradually that you don’t realise how much has changed until you look back and struggle to recognise the person you used to be. I believe […]

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Roses on a pink piece of paper with the title Love yourself on Journeyofsmiley blog

5 Ways to Love Yourself on Valentine’s Day and Every Day

When was the last time you bought yourself some flowers or wrote a letter to yourself? Do you appreciate yourself as much as others? Are you talking to yourself with such softness, kindness and compassion as you talk to your loved ones? And I am not talking only about some self-love acts on Valentine’s Day,

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Anniversary Letter to My Husband: Thank you for Being You

I am writing this letter to my husband on our anniversary. Seven years ago, we promised to love each other and be there for one another through the good and the bad. And that’s how it has been ever since. Things between us actually started much earlier as we opened our tenth year together with

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