Lori Williams | A Liminal Space Coaching

Tag: IFS

You Were Not Lucky. You Were Lost.

Before I ever walked into a church, I was already carrying something. A loss that happened before language. Before memory. Before I had a single word for any of it. This is the story of what that loss made me believe — and what I am finally learning to let go.

April 30, 2026
The People Who Stay: Why Friendship Is the Love Story We Keep Missing

**Slug:** the-people-who-stay-friendship-love-story — **Excerpt:** We were taught that romantic love is the answer — the thing that will complete us, save us, prove our worth. But what if the most nourishing love story of your life has been unfolding quietly beside you all along, in the people who simply stayed? This is a post about…

March 3, 2026
The Roundabout: Why Religious Trauma Keeps Us Circling

Isn’t it strange that the same religion teaching about the unconditional love of Jesus attaches a long list of expectations to those who follow him? Toxic religion is like having a parent who says they love you unconditionally but expects you to perform in a certain way to get what you need.

February 6, 2026
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
When Helping Ourselves Becomes Hurting Ourselves: My Journey with Rumination

For years, I thought retelling my abuse story was helping me heal. I had no idea I was retraumatizing myself every single time. Today I discovered the hidden pattern that’s been keeping me stuck—and why even well-intentioned therapy can miss it.

November 21, 2025
The Ground Beneath My Feet

All I’d ever done was pretend—first in the family that raised me, then in the church. I didn’t even know I was pretending. Then I finally faced the truth, and people were talking about me. What followed was almost a decade of wandering. But what I’ve found in peer support groups isn’t another savior—it’s shared…

November 2, 2025