Forwarded from 🔥Embers from Ash🌻 (Ash)
You're not crazy
You're not broken
Yes, something is wrong but it isn't "you" and it's okay that you have things you struggle with
For most of my life, I would watch myself say yes when I meant no, say it's okay when it really wasn't, listen to things that appalled my soul while staying silent and then crying to myself "what is wrong with me?"
I felt broken
I felt robbed of a normal childhood
I felt robbed of a healthy brain
I felt like ... if I could just get them to understand, they'd stop hurting me.
Or maybe it was more that if they agreed with me, that felt like permission to feel what I was already feeling - hurt. Abandoned. Unwanted.
I call myself a recovering people pleasing perfectionist not because I don't still have to resist these tendencies, but because it allows me to hold myself accountable and to know that I don't need to beg for a seat at the table to my own life.
@EmbersfromAsh
You're not broken
Yes, something is wrong but it isn't "you" and it's okay that you have things you struggle with
For most of my life, I would watch myself say yes when I meant no, say it's okay when it really wasn't, listen to things that appalled my soul while staying silent and then crying to myself "what is wrong with me?"
I felt broken
I felt robbed of a normal childhood
I felt robbed of a healthy brain
I felt like ... if I could just get them to understand, they'd stop hurting me.
Or maybe it was more that if they agreed with me, that felt like permission to feel what I was already feeling - hurt. Abandoned. Unwanted.
I call myself a recovering people pleasing perfectionist not because I don't still have to resist these tendencies, but because it allows me to hold myself accountable and to know that I don't need to beg for a seat at the table to my own life.
@EmbersfromAsh
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Forwarded from 🔥Embers from Ash🌻 (Ash)
Do you relate to any of this?
The good news is that something major shifts when you start to realize that you're not alone, and the things you think are "wrong with you" are survival mechanisms born out of a less-known survival style called "fawning".
When fighting doesn't work, fleeing isn't an option and freezing produces even more consequences.....you learn to fawn. It's a natural human adaptation to trauma.
This is how you learned to survive. This is what it took. And there is beauty in the fact that you innately knew what to do to protect yourself from even more damage than you were already experiencing.
It isn't a bad thing that you learned how to read the needs of someone else and that you anticipate ways to make those around you feel happier, more peaceful and less conflict.
But it can be self destructive. And it can enable abusive behavior even more.
So how do we work through this once we are aware of the deeper "why"?
We check in with ourselves.
Make sure that our yes is really a yes, and if it isn't, do the awkward thing and say no. And mean it. And stand on it. Because some people do love to push those boundaries to change our no to a yes and vice versa.
We remind ourselves that the only person we can control is ourselves. That we were never responsible for tending to our parents emotions, let alone anyone else's.
We sit at the executive table to our lives. No more asking for permission. No more over explaining every personal decision.
Not less compassionate, just less of a suck up.
We stop shrinking.
That builds confidence.
We become purpose driven.
Authentic to ourselves.
--- the antidote to a damaged nervous system
It can still be uncomfortable to say no, but there is something liberating about standing on a no you really mean after so many years of being pushed into a yes you didn't want.
You aren't a child anymore. You can give yourSelf permission to exist and to take up space.
Happy healing 🌻
@EmbersfromAsh
The good news is that something major shifts when you start to realize that you're not alone, and the things you think are "wrong with you" are survival mechanisms born out of a less-known survival style called "fawning".
When fighting doesn't work, fleeing isn't an option and freezing produces even more consequences.....you learn to fawn. It's a natural human adaptation to trauma.
This is how you learned to survive. This is what it took. And there is beauty in the fact that you innately knew what to do to protect yourself from even more damage than you were already experiencing.
It isn't a bad thing that you learned how to read the needs of someone else and that you anticipate ways to make those around you feel happier, more peaceful and less conflict.
But it can be self destructive. And it can enable abusive behavior even more.
So how do we work through this once we are aware of the deeper "why"?
We check in with ourselves.
Make sure that our yes is really a yes, and if it isn't, do the awkward thing and say no. And mean it. And stand on it. Because some people do love to push those boundaries to change our no to a yes and vice versa.
We remind ourselves that the only person we can control is ourselves. That we were never responsible for tending to our parents emotions, let alone anyone else's.
We sit at the executive table to our lives. No more asking for permission. No more over explaining every personal decision.
Not less compassionate, just less of a suck up.
We stop shrinking.
That builds confidence.
We become purpose driven.
Authentic to ourselves.
--- the antidote to a damaged nervous system
It can still be uncomfortable to say no, but there is something liberating about standing on a no you really mean after so many years of being pushed into a yes you didn't want.
You aren't a child anymore. You can give yourSelf permission to exist and to take up space.
Happy healing 🌻
@EmbersfromAsh
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Forwarded from LauraAboli (Laura Aboli)
Media is too big
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And here it is… Trump has done it again.
Something that was untouchable in American politics for decades is suddenly being said out loud. What was once absolute political taboo is now on everyone’s lips.
For decades, criticizing Israel in American politics was essentially forbidden territory. Politicians might whisper about it privately, but no one would dare say it publicly.
And yet suddenly, the tone is changing…
Even Gavin Newsom, hardly a political outsider and not someone who would previously have ventured into this territory, recently acknowledged that critics were “appropriately” describing Israel as an apartheid state. He even suggested that the trajectory of Israel’s leadership could eventually force the United States to reconsider its military support.
Just a few weeks ago, statements like this would have been political suicide.
So what changed?
In my view, this may well be another example of the strange political alchemy that seems to follow Trump wherever he goes.
Think back to the Epstein files. Democrats had access to those files for years, yet nothing happened; there was no urgency, no public pressure, and no appetite for disclosure. But the moment the media believed Trump might be implicated, suddenly everyone demanded their release. The spotlight only turned on when Trump’s name entered the frame.
And I suspect something similar may be happening now. By appearing closely aligned with Netanyahu, Trump once again becomes the lightning rod. The media and his political opponents cannot resist attacking him, and in doing so they are forced to shine a spotlight on something that had long been avoided: Israel’s extraordinary influence over U.S. politics.
And then something even more revealing happened…
Marco Rubio openly stated that Washington knew Israel was about to strike Iran, and that the U.S. acted first because that attack would have triggered retaliation on American forces.
Think about what that implies for a moment…
If the United States must act militarily because Israel is about to act… who is actually driving the sequence of events?
For decades this dynamic has existed quietly in the background. Now people are openly asking questions that were once unthinkable: why are American taxpayers funding Israel’s wars? Why should the United States be dragged into conflicts that many Americans do not want?
Whether people support Israel or oppose it is almost beside the point. What matters is that the conversation — the forbidden one — is finally happening in the open.
Trump has always acted like a lightning rod for the spotlight.
Wherever he stands, the entire media apparatus turns its cameras. He seems to understand that the fastest way to expose something that has been hidden for decades is sometimes to stand directly beneath the lightning and let it strike, even if he’s the one taking the blow.
And perhaps that is precisely the point. Exposing the unhealthy nature of Israel’s relationship with the United States may be the only way to make the public see it clearly enough to demand that it change, because only when that happens could any leader realistically put an end to it.
https://t.me/LauraAbolichannel
Something that was untouchable in American politics for decades is suddenly being said out loud. What was once absolute political taboo is now on everyone’s lips.
For decades, criticizing Israel in American politics was essentially forbidden territory. Politicians might whisper about it privately, but no one would dare say it publicly.
And yet suddenly, the tone is changing…
Even Gavin Newsom, hardly a political outsider and not someone who would previously have ventured into this territory, recently acknowledged that critics were “appropriately” describing Israel as an apartheid state. He even suggested that the trajectory of Israel’s leadership could eventually force the United States to reconsider its military support.
Just a few weeks ago, statements like this would have been political suicide.
So what changed?
In my view, this may well be another example of the strange political alchemy that seems to follow Trump wherever he goes.
Think back to the Epstein files. Democrats had access to those files for years, yet nothing happened; there was no urgency, no public pressure, and no appetite for disclosure. But the moment the media believed Trump might be implicated, suddenly everyone demanded their release. The spotlight only turned on when Trump’s name entered the frame.
And I suspect something similar may be happening now. By appearing closely aligned with Netanyahu, Trump once again becomes the lightning rod. The media and his political opponents cannot resist attacking him, and in doing so they are forced to shine a spotlight on something that had long been avoided: Israel’s extraordinary influence over U.S. politics.
And then something even more revealing happened…
Marco Rubio openly stated that Washington knew Israel was about to strike Iran, and that the U.S. acted first because that attack would have triggered retaliation on American forces.
Think about what that implies for a moment…
If the United States must act militarily because Israel is about to act… who is actually driving the sequence of events?
For decades this dynamic has existed quietly in the background. Now people are openly asking questions that were once unthinkable: why are American taxpayers funding Israel’s wars? Why should the United States be dragged into conflicts that many Americans do not want?
Whether people support Israel or oppose it is almost beside the point. What matters is that the conversation — the forbidden one — is finally happening in the open.
Trump has always acted like a lightning rod for the spotlight.
Wherever he stands, the entire media apparatus turns its cameras. He seems to understand that the fastest way to expose something that has been hidden for decades is sometimes to stand directly beneath the lightning and let it strike, even if he’s the one taking the blow.
And perhaps that is precisely the point. Exposing the unhealthy nature of Israel’s relationship with the United States may be the only way to make the public see it clearly enough to demand that it change, because only when that happens could any leader realistically put an end to it.
https://t.me/LauraAbolichannel
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Forwarded from END TIMES
China's CCP shows signs of losing control over it's officials who are now listening to and collecting audio programs of news that goes against the CCP doctrine. CCP is now expelling those as punishment from the CCP party because of those independent actions that don't follow the CCP mandates to only listen to them and not the world. Sorry - Not Sorry, this is yet another indicator that Communism is failing in China just as it did in the former Soviet Union. The great awakening isn't just for the conspiracy theorists, its for the world which includes the people of China. ———————————————————————————————- CCP Expels, Punishes Provincial-Level Official for Listening to Banned News Commentaries. Analysts compare the current state of the CCP with the former Soviet Union at the eve of its collapse. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has expelled a provincial-level official from its ranks and referred him for judicial punishment for listening to banned political news programs.
Analysts told The Epoch Times that the CCP’s tightened control of its officials indicates that the regime is entering a final stage, which resembles the situation at the eve of the former communist Soviet Union’s collapse.
The Chinese communist regime’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced on March 2 that Jiang Deguo, former vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, had been expelled from the CCP and transferred to judicial authorities. The first charge against Jiang listed by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in its statement was “losing ideals and beliefs, betraying his original aspirations and mission, privately listening to and retaining audio materials with serious political problems, and resisting organizational review,” followed by corruption charges. https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/ccp-expels-punishes-provincial-level-official-for-listening-to-banned-news-commentaries-5994820? or https://www.removepaywall.com/ and enter https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/ccp-expels-punishes-provincial-level-official-for-listening-to-banned-news-commentaries-5994820? and chose the best option that works for you.
Analysts told The Epoch Times that the CCP’s tightened control of its officials indicates that the regime is entering a final stage, which resembles the situation at the eve of the former communist Soviet Union’s collapse.
The Chinese communist regime’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced on March 2 that Jiang Deguo, former vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, had been expelled from the CCP and transferred to judicial authorities. The first charge against Jiang listed by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in its statement was “losing ideals and beliefs, betraying his original aspirations and mission, privately listening to and retaining audio materials with serious political problems, and resisting organizational review,” followed by corruption charges. https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/ccp-expels-punishes-provincial-level-official-for-listening-to-banned-news-commentaries-5994820? or https://www.removepaywall.com/ and enter https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/ccp-expels-punishes-provincial-level-official-for-listening-to-banned-news-commentaries-5994820? and chose the best option that works for you.
The Epoch Times
CCP Expels, Punishes Provincial-Level Official for Listening to Banned News Commentaries
Analysts compare the current state of the CCP with the former Soviet Union at the eve of its collapse.
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Forwarded from Gateway Pundit
BREAKING: Iran’s President Apologizes for Attacks on Neighboring Countries, Announces Suspension — Says Those Expecting Iran’s Surrender “Should Take That Dream to Their Grave”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/breaking-irans-president-apologizes-attacks-neighboring-countries-announces/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/breaking-irans-president-apologizes-attacks-neighboring-countries-announces/
The Gateway Pundit
BREAKING: Iran’s President Apologizes for Attacks on Neighboring Countries, Announces Suspension — Says Those Expecting Iran’s…
Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, issued a surprising televised address on Saturday as the war involving Iran, the United States, and Israel entered its eighth day.
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Forwarded from Eric Daugherty
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🚨 HOLY CRAP. SecWar Pete Hegseth delivers MIC DROP when asked if he's WORRIED Russia is giving Iran intelligence about us...
...you can just tell by the look on his face. They were ahead of this.
"The ONLY ones that need to be worried right now? Are Iranians that think they're going to LIVE."
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"No one's putting us in danger. We're putting the other guys in danger. That's our job. We're not concerned about that. We mitigate it as we need to. Our commanders factor all of this."
...you can just tell by the look on his face. They were ahead of this.
"The ONLY ones that need to be worried right now? Are Iranians that think they're going to LIVE."
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"No one's putting us in danger. We're putting the other guys in danger. That's our job. We're not concerned about that. We mitigate it as we need to. Our commanders factor all of this."
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I love that he did this on 60 Minutes. I know a lot of ppl who still watch that show RELIGIOUSLY.
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Forwarded from A New Day ✨
I exited the church system, and modern Christianity all together, soon after awakening. And now there’s no going back. We are going to finish the race with complete victory.
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Forwarded from A New Day ✨
They hijacked our consciousness to create their reality. But we woke up and now we are creating the new earth.
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