Next Saturday I’m hosting a free workshop for trauma survivors on self-love for The Purple Phoenix Collective. I feel inspired to work on it today. We’re going to do a guided visualization meditation, choose a spirit animal (because knowing yourself is an act of self-love), create a self-love symbol or sigil, set a boundary for the week, “charge” a meaningful object so it can become a self-love talisman, and more. I’m really excited about it. This work means so much to me. I definitely don’t claim to have all the answers; I struggle with self-love and I’m still healing. But this is part of my process and a way to connect with a community. Find my people, my tribe. Help people by embracing my scars and leveraging my lived experience. It feels aligned with my path, meaning, and purpose. I am a caterpillar undergoing a transformation. I feel myself becoming that beautiful butterfly. There will never be a day where I am magically “healed”. I will always live with C-PTSD and the memories will remain, but I will slowly spread my wings and become who I was meant to be. - is feeling good by Kristina P.