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The Uncomfortable Act of Exhaling: Why Safety Feels Foreign to a Nervous System Built for War
Safety doesn’t always feel like relief. For a nervous system shaped by prolonged abuse, exhaling can feel risky before it feels real.

lindsay-michele
Dec 28, 20257 min read


Loving at a Depth Most People Can’t Reach
Loving deeply taught me the difference between being unloved and being unmet. This is what I learned about love, capacity, and clarity.

lindsay-michele
Dec 19, 20254 min read


How Music Held Me When Nothing Else Could
Music didn’t just comfort me. It held me through the darkest parts of my life and pulled me back into myself when nothing else could.

lindsay-michele
Nov 19, 20255 min read


The Overlooked Art of Just Being
We are not human doings. We are human beings. Worth isn’t earned by effort — the radical act is to simply be.

lindsay-michele
Sep 7, 20257 min read


When Awareness Becomes the Cage.
Awareness saved me… then it trapped me. Here’s how I broke the cycle of endless validation and started moving toward freedom.

lindsay-michele
Aug 9, 20255 min read


Untangling Myself From the Trauma That Still Holds Me Hostage
PTSD isn’t always loud.
Sometimes it’s the stillness.
The shutdowns.
The spirals no one sees.
This is what it feels like to live inside trau

lindsay-michele
Jun 12, 202510 min read


Practical Steps to Embrace Mindfulness in Daily Life
Mindfulness coaching offers transformative practices that can enhance your everyday experiences. By incorporating mindfulness into daily...

lindsay-michele
Jun 7, 20254 min read


Silence Is How I Survive
When life gets too loud, I disappear—not because I don’t care, but because I’m overwhelmed and trying to hold it together in the only way I

lindsay-michele
May 26, 20253 min read


The Messages That Take Me Back to a Place I Fought to Escape
PTSD isn’t just memories—it’s the panic, rage, and spiral triggered by constant messages. Respect silence. It’s a boundary.

lindsay-michele
May 22, 20254 min read


The Night I Didn’t Die: Broken, But Breathing
People think leaving an abusive relationship means the pain ends. But surviving doesn’t mean healing. The night I didn’t die changed everyth

lindsay-michele
May 17, 20255 min read


The stillness that usually feels safe becomes suffocating.
Most days, I find peace in the stillness. It’s where I ground myself, find clarity, and remember who I am. But some nights, that same stilln

lindsay-michele
May 8, 20253 min read


The Journey of Healing: Finding Strength After Breaking Free
Letting Go of the Past I didn’t just walk away. It wasn’t that simple. It took me over a year to finally let go because I didn’t have the strength. I didn’t have the emotional or mental capacity to feel the pain that followed. And I’m not talking about the pain from just a breakup. I’m talking about the pain of realizing how much of you is gone. The pain of losing so much of yourself that you don’t know if you’ll ever find yourself again. The pain of losing somebody who never

lindsay-michele
Apr 17, 20253 min read


I Once Thought I Was Toxic
I Once Thought I Was Toxic But now I understand what was really happening. For a long time I believed I was the problem. That I was too...

lindsay-michele
Apr 15, 20252 min read
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