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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Journaling lets you release thoughts a lot of times, toxic
things that are festering inside of you because you can't
talk to your abusive partner, whoever that is. It could
be a relative, it could be a parent, it could
be your spouse. They don't let you talk, they don't
let you get your feelings out. This is a way
for you to get them out, because if you don't
get them out, it will tear you down.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Welcome to the Victim to Warrior Podcasts Warrior Talk.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
We're John and Melissa and we are both narcissistic abuse
survivors and our mission is to help other survivors reclaim
and rebuild their lives.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Right today, we're going to talk about reconnecting with yourself. Now.
This came about because of one of your client calls
the other day. Melissa had such a profound event happen
with one of our clients the other day that we
wanted to share it with you.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
When we are in an abusive situation, we literally drain
everything that we are into making the other person happy
because we're trying to fix the relationship. We're trying to
fix the other person, and you end up with an
empty tank. And so I was talking to this client,
and that's what she was saying. She just said she
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felt so exhausted. Nothing she did work, nothing she did
was good enough. She was trying all these different things.
And so I said to her, I said, there are
some beautiful paintings behind you. I was trying to distract
her a little bit. And she said, oh, I did those,
And I said, well, they're absolutely beautiful. You have a
lot of talent. When's the last time you took time
to paint for yourself? And she looked down and she
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was really struggling, and I said, that's your answer. You're
not taking time. She couldn't even remember the last time
she painted. And that's why our tanks become empty, because
we drain ourselves at everything. We are trying to fix
the other person or fix the real relationship, and we
neglect ourselves. So let's just talk about some ways to
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reconnect with right.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
So, yeah, we're going to call your self love. Yes,
steps that you can take to reconnect with yourself. It's
so powerful. But before we do, I want to tell
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Speaker 2 (02:45):
About Sit and listen to it while you're driving.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
That's right, that's right. So let's talk about some of
the ways to reconnect and start giving yourself some self
love because you deserve it.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
This is so powerful. Now we talk about journaling a lot,
but I really want to dive into it again because
because it's such a powerful thing, and Melissa is a
fantastic journaler, so I want her to kind of talk
about how she does that so that you can start
doing this every single day. Just five minutes a day
can do wonders.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
And people have a negative attitude about journaling if they've
never done it right, because it doesn't just like when
John talks about meditating in a minute, when it doesn't
come natural, it feels awkward. This is what I use.
This is the journal that I use and I've used
it for years. Can get it off of Amazon. It's
really inexpensive.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
We'll put the link in the description. Seat you get
right there.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Yeah, and John also uses one more geared toward men.
We'll put that one in there too. But journaling lets
you release thoughts a lot of times, toxic things that
are festering inside of you because you can't talk to
your abuse of partner, whoever that is. It could be
a relative, it could be a parent, it could be
your spouse. They don't let you talk, they don't let
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you get your feelings out. This is a way for
you to get them out, because if you don't get
them out, it will tear you down. It'll ruin your confidence,
your self esteem, it'll muddy your ability to think with clarity.
So writing things down, even if it's one sentence. This journal,
the reason I like it is because it has your
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daily goals. It's got what are you grateful for? It's
got you know, list your wins and honestly, being grateful
for one thing is a wind. Seriously so. And we
also have journal prompts that we can give you. So
dm us or put in the comments. We will get
that over to you, because sometimes it does take a
little bit of you know, getting used to something before
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you master it, right.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
And I think that once you start doing it on
a daily baosist, it becomes a habit and then no,
you can't live without it.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Yeah, well, it's a place where you can get your
thoughts out and you're not interrupted, Nobody is cutting you off,
nobody's telling you no, that's not what you think, that's
not what you feel, or you're insecure, or I don't
want to list our heavy size. Your journal won't do
that to you right back, won't talk about So I
highly recommend you get a journal and you start doing
that immediately. Talk about meditating. John is an avid meditator.
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It didn't come natural to me. I've been journaling for
years and years, but the meditation part of it didn't
come natural. So he gave me some really good tips
and why don't you sure?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Yeah, I love meditating. It's it's really the first thing
I do every morning. I stretch and then I go
right into meditating. I meditate in this exact same place
every single day, and I listen to really good meditations
that kind of talk you through your breathing and there's
great music going on that kind of helps you relax
and get into a great place. And what this does
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is helps you mentally to rid yourself of toxicity in
your in your mind, but also just get clarity and
it helps you focus through the day too. It's just
it's your time, and so you need to find a
nice quiet area and I listen to Boho Beautiful. It's
on YouTube and we love the beach, so it's all
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around sounds and waterfalls and just great things like that
that automatically relax you. Now you want to make sure
that you're wearing headphones during the meditation because it blocks
out all ambient noise and then you can really hear
and then she'll talk you through exactly what to do.
And so you can start off with just five minutes
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every single morning, and then you can kind of build
a ten. And the affirmations too, yes, affirmations what you're
thankful for, you're grateful for and just really helps you
to create an amazing start to your day. I call
them stacking winds. In the first hour of your day,
if you can meditate, if you can journal, if you
can drink your water, you know you're stacking winds. In
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that first hour of the day, you already have four
or five wins. You're like, wow, I'm off to an
amazing start. So I really i'd love for you to
try meditation. If you have any questions about how to
meditate or I'm going to put the link for Boho
Beautiful in the description blow, please try them. She's amazing
as far as is kind of walking you through how
to doing voice.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
And one good tip is when John said, choose a
room and use that same room over. Don't choose a
room that gives you bad memories, and hopefully you won't say, well,
they all give me bad memories. Choose the one that's
the least even if it's in your closet, if it's
i mean in your bed, if it's in a chair,
if it's out on your screen and porch, find a
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place that you can have peace, that is quiet, and
that that becomes your meditation room, and that becomes maybe
your journaling room too. In your praying room if you pray,
but use that as a place of refuge. It is
your safe place. So that's why he's saying, find a
place and make sure you're comfortable with it, and then
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stick to it.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Yeah, I'm in the same room, in the same chair
at the same time every single day, and it's just
an amazing way and strike.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
He can't start his day without that. So it's it's
amazing habit to form that gives off positive vibes throughout
the day, especially if you had a rough night or
a rough day before. It's a great way to wipe
the slate clean and.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Start, or you have a rough day coming up. Yeah,
except you want to prepare for that. So yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
Now, another thing that we really really push is rediscovering
your passion. Like just like that client when I was
admiring her art org and she just talking about it.
You know, she just explained different things that she painted
and what she was thinking and why she painted it.
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I could feel her energy coming off. Now I'm a
painter as well, and I gave it up when I
was in the narcissistic, abusive relationship. It was too difficult.
He wouldn't let me have any peace. But that is
one of the things I picked back up. And this
is like John and I said, this is the beach. Now,
this is one of the paintings that I did. It
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just reminds me of the beach and I can get
lost in my studio, but it is a passion of mine.
It takes away stress. It lets me spend time just
thinking about things. And you'd be surprised how uncluttered your
mind can be when you go back to something that
you really had passionate about. Maybe there's something that you
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wanted to do that you were never allowed to do
or they made it too difficult. Maybe you want to
take up singing or playing an instrument.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
Writing a book, or painting or drawing or whatever. Whatever
your passion is that you've lost over the years, Please
reignite that. It's so critical. Take some time think about
what it is. A lot of you are probably thinking
right now, Oh my gosh, I haven't done that in years.
I have got to start again.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
When you do that, it brings that immediate smile because
you know how it made you feel when you actually
did it.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Dance, yoga, fitness, whatever it is, hiking, bird watching. There's
something that you're passionate about that you used to do
that you've missed doing for.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Or you want it to do, wanted to give it
a chance, and you just never had the time. You
never thought you had the time you were never allowed
the time. Now's your time, tang it. This is a
chance for you to be selfish because this is a
way to get back your self esteem and your self confidence.
When you have those two things, you can make tough decisions.
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You're not paralyzed with fear, you're not stuck. You can
actually think with clarity. And that's part of the healing
journey that we're all We always talk about. One of
the things John and I are both passionate about is
prioritizing our self care, and that is, you know, staying physical.
I mean we John has worked out his whole life.
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I've worked out. I gave it up when I was
in the abusive relationship, and then I took it back
up because it made me feel better about myself. It
gave me energy, and it brought my confidence back. What
are some ways if somebody's been out of working out,
what are some ways to get back?
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Okay, here's absolutely what I recommend.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
You.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Know, we're getting into a nicer time of year where
the weather's going to start changing, It's going to be
nice to be outside, So just walking several times a
week can really walking is great physically but also mentally
it lets you go out there and just clear your
mind and just walk.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
And you can listen to really good music or affirmation.
Speaker 2 (11:22):
While you're walking too, and just start out with five
or ten minutes and then build from there. Try to
increase every single week. The duration of your walk or
the distance of your walk is a great thing. If
you're in an area where you can't really do that,
you have to exercise inside, that's fine. Just go to YouTube.
There's so many great things yoga, calisthenic workouts, hit workouts,
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all sorts of different things that you could dance, workouts.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Again, inner workouts, no weights required, standing workouts you have
an injury.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Right stretching yoga routines you can find on YouTube. YouTube
is a is just a gold mine of workout type.
You can get some dumbbells and do some things or
just botty weight body weight training too. So there's so
many great ways to do that. So if you're helping
yourself through journaling, meditating, physical activity and then finding your
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passion again, that can be life changing. No matter where
you are in this situation, if you're still in the
abusive situation, or you're trying to get out, or you've
gotten out and are stuck and you just can't move forward.
These are the things that can really help break you
free from that and to reconnect yourself. And so we
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Speaker 1 (13:33):
And enjoying twenty twenty five right, because who wants a
repeat of twenty twenty four, twenty twenty three, twenty twenty two.
I mean all of the years that we gave up
in the abuse of relationship. Isn't it time for you?
Isn't it time that this year is all about you?
It really is. You've sacrificed enough, you have given enough.
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It's time to start taking things back so you can't
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Speaker 2 (14:53):
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Speaker 1 (14:55):
Absolutely.
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