The beginning of healing is finding your space.

Michele Gorman

I have spent most of my life in complete "survival mode".  Early life traumas and familial dysfunctions wired my developing brain, laying a foundation that profoundly impacted almost every experience and every decision in my life. My foundation was layered with low self worth, an inability to identify my own needs, fearful and questionning of my own feelings and emotions, not understanding boundaries, relying too much on others for validation... blah blah - it goes on and on.  But despite the anxious and unsettled core, I assimilated very well and on the outside and did what I thought I was supposed to - get a good education and have a good career.  But that is not "my story".  My story lies in the journey of my soul - one of growth and recovery.

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My soul, my beautiful soul has never given up to find true peace and love.  This is my story, from neglect and abuse to living with the DIVINE in full peace and love.  I found my space - a space where I am me, where I continue to learn and love me - complete freedom and peace.

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This collection contains four poetry books that capture the different phases of my healing evolution.  I am currently writing a fifth book and workbook that captures a deeper dive into the narrative, the foundation set, life's impact and the tools that were and continue to be essential for me to be in my own bliss and with the workbook is an interactive journey for the reader.  This series is not meant to be prescriptive, it's simply to share my experience in turn which may inspire you to find your own space - your own precious space to feel love, to get to know yourself, to be free and to be happy.

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