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Christmas Feelings when Family Rejects You and the Truth about Love

Posted: December 16, 2013 Under: Family By Darlene Ouimet 360 Comments

I was so invested in proving my worth that I didn't realize the way my worth had been communicated to me was all wrong; it was when I realized that my worth always was equal to all others that I began to recover from abuse, depression and low self-esteem....

Overcoming that Nasty Self Blame from Dysfunctional Relationships

Posted: December 20, 2011 Under: Family By Darlene Ouimet 68 Comments

I was taught that I can change my thinking by practicing a new thought or belief over and over again, (positive affirmations or positive thinking) the truth was that until I found the original false belief and dispelled it, the original belief was there underneath whatever new thought I was trying to implement. Furthermore the original belief was still my default mode. So until I found the original belief, where it came from and what was untrue about it so that I could change it to the truth, I could not find the freedom and wholeness that I have now. All the “positive thinking” in the world did not change my “default mode”.