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Janice Gill, MSW, RSW, RYT(200)

Janice Gill, MSW, RSW, RYT(200)

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Love always wins. The HCDSB decided not to fly the flag and folx got loud, created shirts, protested, banded together to brainstorm how we could show our support to the youth that attend those particular schools, stood up, and fought back.

If we feel unsafe in our inner world, we’ll feel unsafe in our outer world. When we feel unsafe in our outer world, we create the story that “The world is not safe. People are out to get me or cannot be trusted, etc.” Then, our nervous system, in service of survival, seeks cues from our environment that reinforce our story, which in turn reinforces our state. And in that process, we may totally miss all of the cues that exist that suggest and promote safety—whether that be with a person, within a relationship, or in a particular environment.

This morning, I sat down to meditate with the intention of “raising my vibration,” whatever that even means. Basically, a roundabout way of saying “How I’m feeling isn’t acceptable and I want that to be different, so I’m gonna do this thing so that I can feel different, and in that process of changing my inner reality, have that impact my outer reality in quantifiable ways.” This is NOT the intention of meditation. And I know this wholeheartedly. And yet, I still fall into the trap sometimes, myself.

I really can’t think of any trauma work that doesn’t also involve some necessary grief work. Know that it’s okay to feel mad, sad, and confused about the things you needed and didn’t get. The lack of warmth. Unconditional love. Stability. Safety (in your home, your school, your community, your body). Attunement. Sensitivity. Protection. Feeling seen, heard, and accepted, just as you were. Getting to just be a kid. Whatever it was that might’ve been missing that has now left you with a sense of a void within. Sometimes, it’s hard to even put words to that sense. Sometimes, it’s referred to as ‘ambiguous grief.’ A sense of loss of something but we can’t quite name what that something was or is that’s missing. Go lightly. Feel into it when it feels right and safe to do so. 💗

There is a community waiting for you with open arms, ready to embrace you fully. Imperfectly. As you are. ✨

“Hey Google: Look up how to make dog emotional support animal.” 🌈💕 Happy Saturday from me and my fur babe on our little pink couch. 🌞

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