Lori Williams | A Liminal Space Coaching

Tag: healing

The Manufactured Desert

I had a dream last night that I woke up screaming from. There was a shadow, a child’s room, a dark hallway. What I discovered sitting with it the next morning surprised me — I wasn’t wandering. I was remembering. This is what I finally understand about the desert.

April 9, 2026
What Burns and What Remains – On trauma bonds, genuine connection, and learning to tell the difference

I stood next to my husband in the backyard by the burn barrel, watching notebooks go up in flames. They were bound with ribbons — pages and pages of my own handwriting, years of writing I had done to survive. To cope. To find myself in the middle of a life that often felt like…

March 18, 2026
Love Is the Answer to Darkness

A visceral dream on Valentine’s Eve revealed a mansion on a cliff, buzzards circling, and a message I couldn’t ignore: Love is the answer to darkness. Sometimes what looks like it’s tearing you apart is exactly what will set you free.

February 13, 2026
The Healing in Contracting and Expanding

What do you need today to best take care of yourself? This is the question I asked myself this morning. So much feels heavy when I open social media. So much chaos in the world. But my own needs don’t stop just because the world is in a mess. How much can I hold? What…

January 9, 2026
Understanding Spiritual Trauma and Its Impact

When the ground you thought would always hold becomes unstable—that’s spiritual trauma. After a decade of trying to heal in places that retraumatized me, I learned what survivors actually need. It’s not what most churches think.

December 12, 2025
When the Tool Becomes a Crutch: AI, Agency, and Doing Your Own Thinking

I’ve discovered something troubling: there’s a line between AI helping me organize my thoughts and AI doing my thinking for me. And that line matters.

December 2, 2025
Care or Carrying?

**Tags:** – trauma recovery – boundaries – codependency – religious trauma – emotional responsibility – self-leadership – caring vs carrying – parenting adult children – healing patterns – compassion fatigue – inner work – family dynamics – faith deconstruction – emotional boundaries – recovery coaching **Excerpt:** I was 17 when I called my ex-boyfriend to…

October 17, 2025
From Echo Chambers to Common Ground: A Journey Through Fear and Finding Connection

Yesterday, we watched a flock of turkeys walking up and down the road, jumping, flapping, and following each other up and down the same section of road back and forth, heading nowhere. But clearly one of the turkeys thought that was a good idea, and the others followed suit. Later I observed them huddled together…

September 24, 2025
When Stars Fall: Finding the Light Within

“Sometimes life feels almost too heavy to bear. I find myself turning off the news or closing social media after yet another story of a bright star crashing into darkness—someone whose light had guided so many of us through our own difficult days. But why do their lights go out? Why do they sometimes choose…

June 30, 2025
Breaking Free from Sexual Shame: A Journey of Ancestral Healing

A personal story of healing from sexual addiction, religious trauma, and generational shame through ancestral wisdom and authentic spirituality.

June 6, 2025