Internal Family Systems
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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. Continue reading
agency, ai, AI ethics, AI limitations, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, autonomy, Boundaries, chatgpt, Claude, cognitive health, creative process, critical thinking, decision making, discernment, echo chamber, healing, Human Connection, IFS, Internal Family Systems, mental health, peer support, personal growth, professional help, psychological wellbeing, religious trauma, responsible AI use, self-awareness, self-led living, spiritual manipulation, technology, therapy, trauma recovery, trauma-informed, writing, writing process -
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. Continue reading
church abuse, coping skills, counseling, depression, emotional regulation, emotional sobriety, healing from abuse, hypervigilance, IFS, Internal Family Systems, mental health, mental health awareness, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, peer support, perfectionism, personal growth, ptsd, religious trauma, retraumatization, rumination, self-compassion, self-help, survivor, therapy, trauma healing, trauma recovery, trauma response, trauma-informed coaching, victim mentality
A Liminal Space 