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Eyes Wide Open: Avoiding Re-Traumatization

🎧 A Deep and Overarching Respect
Closing thoughts on Part 1: 10 Essential Traits of a True Healer
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Demian Elaine' Yumei
A True & Effective Healer Respects the Truth
Valuing truth in the words they speak, they are capable of hearing and holding the truth in yours.
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A True & Effective Healer Respects Your Path
Your path is your own. That's not a betrayal.
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A True & Effective Healer Respects Your Trust & Confidence
The easiest thing to break isn't the heart. It's trust.
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A True & Effective Healer Respects Your Personal Power
A practitioner, who genuinely wants you to succeed, will help you to embrace the truth of your power and not diminish it under theirs.
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A True & Effective Healer Respects Your Right to Discern
When someone tells you, you think too much or feel too deep, they often don’t want you to think at all, or to be bothered by how you feel.
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A True & Effective Healer Respects Your Right to Ask Questions
It's a right, not a magnanimous gesture on somebody’s part.
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A True & Effective Healer Respects Your Timing to Share with Others
One of the essential traits of a true & effective healer, the ability to respect your right to decide when you're ready to speak your truth or share…
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A True & Effective Healer Respects the Cadence of Your Healing
The timing and cadence of your healing belongs to you, and not determined by another
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A True & Effective Healer Respects Your Story
Different ways to hijack your story, disrespecting it, and what it looks like when someone respects your story as your own.
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A True & Effective Healer Listens
The empathic listening that makes you feel seen and heard.
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Essential Traits of a True Healer
Why no compromise in this area? Because it deals with respect, and you, dear reader, deserve its full measure.
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