Lori Williams | A Liminal Space Coaching

Tag: healing

  • The Pirate in the Mirror: What Backrooms Knows About the Rooms We’re Afraid to Enter

    I watched Backrooms on vacation and couldn’t stop thinking about one image — a giant in a pirate costume, his face twisted in absolute misery. I recognized that look. I’d seen it in my own mirror. What this film knows about the rooms we’re afraid to enter might surprise you.

  • Finding Hope Amidst Chaos: A Personal Journey

    It is I Who Must BeginIt is I who must begin.Once I begin, once I try –here and now,right where I am,not excusing myselfby saying thingswould be easier elsewhere,without grand speeches andostentatious gestures,but all the more persistently–to live in harmonywith the “voice of Being,” as Iunderstand it within myself–as soon as I begin that,I suddenly…

  • The Lure and the Magnet: Why You Keep Getting Pulled Toward the Wrong Rooms

    Sometimes we get lost trying to find our way home. If you’ve ever walked away from a community wondering what was wrong with you — this is for you. There is nothing wrong with you. You’re just someone who was paying close attention.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…