It has been a bit since I have written on here. It is the good old resistance going on. I did manage to post a little something that I wrote just before thanksgiving. I know it is good for me to write, it is good for all of us. Great way to reflect and sometimes see something on paper that you did not know you had in you or were thinking about. Well I should only speak for me. I get hard on myself about writing, especially for strangers. I am not good enough, English not my 1st language and all that. That is not why I am writing I tell myself. It is not about that, it is for me to get in the habit of writing and getting sometimes the not so nice feelings out of me. I do use my journal for most of that. Since I have decided to start to contribute to a survivor manual, I might as well start contributing to my own blog.
The survivor manual is the idea of one amazing lady and fellow warrior Angela Shelton http://survivormanual.blogspot.com/ I have known Angela now since 2005. I have shared here somewhere on the site I think, that seeing her on Oprah gave me the courage to start a non-profit in Iceland. www.blattafram.is look for the English tab to read about it in English. I am truly honored to be considered a contributor for her blogg.
On another note, I am loving this great book I am reading about attachment. The book is called Becoming Attached, Robert Karen, Ph.D. If you had trauma in your childhood or were separated from you parents when young, this book will help you understand why you are the way you are. I was placed in a orphanage when I was 2 months until 9 months and it did have affect on me. I had no idea, but the more I learn about the brain, development, effects of trauma the more compassion I have for me. It helps me to let go of the shame I have around something being wrong with me or I must just not be so smart. I am reading many books this year about the brain, development and such and I hope to share more as I read on.
