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Self-Regulating
For those of you that have followed my struggle through divorce, you may already know that I use GRAPES as a tool for self-care and...
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Humility
After her last relapse, she got hit with overwhelming gratitude and dropped to her knees in humility. That humble feeling really set...
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Pain in Love
She remembers when they first locked eyes. She saw his kind heart as he helped her family with the passing of her most beloved...
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Summer of '98
It was the summer of 1998 when the memories came back. The deepest, darkest memories. Prior to that she had just finished her freshman...
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Drowning the Hurt
She was 12 years old when she had her first drink. It was the beginning of a crazy adolescence. Her mother would scream at her and she...
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4th of July
4th of July had always been hard for Celeste...the same way that motherhood was hard for her. It all seemed like too much. On July 3rd,...
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Repeating Patterns
She never had a great example of what a healthy relationship looked like. Her father was a heroin addict. She remembers her parents...
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Pure Love
In February, 2010, Celeste found out she was pregnant. She had been attending church with her boyfriend pretty regularly and they talked...
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Hare Krishna
In 2008, after a horrible relapse, Celeste started spending time at the Hare Krishna temple. Yoga had always felt very spiritual and she...
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Yoga
At 24 years old, she began to explore Hatha Yoga. There was something about the connection to breath that really resonated with her. ...
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GOD?...
She was 7 years old when she rejected the Bible and the concept of God. Celeste became an atheist at a young age and was unable to...
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Intro to "Every Woman: Every Woman Has a Story..."
My mom found her strength when I was 7 years old. She finally stepped into her true potential and created a following and culture to...
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Brave and Strong
“I am brave. I am strong.”, she kept repeating over and over again in her mind as she walked into the police station. She had drove by...
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Repressed Memories
“They can have my body but the cannot have my soul,” stating this over and over again, hoping to convince herself this was the truth. ...
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I AM A SURVIVOR!
Every month, I share a little on each chapter of my book, as I continue to write it. It motivates me to get to writing because I often...
"You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment."
Henry David Thoreau
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