Amy Griffin

And I realized, oh, these vistas, these views, these places that I'm seeing now and this life that I built, this is the manifestation of all the things that I was doing in my brain when horrible things were happening to me that I had to leave. And

And I realized, oh, these vistas, these views, these places that I'm seeing now and this life that I built, this is the manifestation of all the things that I was doing in my brain when horrible things were happening to me that I had to leave. And

The profound gratitude I have for my parents in saying, like, which path could I have taken, a divergent path to, you know, so many different divergent paths, but to go home and have a very loving, supportive place where it just, it's everything. I've tried to tell my parents that because there's no one, there's no parent who wishes... more than anything that they couldn't take this away.

The profound gratitude I have for my parents in saying, like, which path could I have taken, a divergent path to, you know, so many different divergent paths, but to go home and have a very loving, supportive place where it just, it's everything. I've tried to tell my parents that because there's no one, there's no parent who wishes... more than anything that they couldn't take this away.

And I didn't want, I think that a lot of the withholding was the love that I have for my parents. I didn't know if I could put this on them, especially as a 12 year old child. You don't have the skills, the coping skills to actually go and tell someone this is like, One thing I love this idea of telling, that telling is the easiest thing in the world.

And I didn't want, I think that a lot of the withholding was the love that I have for my parents. I didn't know if I could put this on them, especially as a 12 year old child. You don't have the skills, the coping skills to actually go and tell someone this is like, One thing I love this idea of telling, that telling is the easiest thing in the world.

Telling is the simplest form of you tell someone when you're hungry, you tell someone, you just tell them. Everything happens in the telling every day. But yet, this simple form of communication can be the most difficult thing that we all do. And it has to be so intentional in our lives. And the intention we put behind it is what we get out of it. So that's the relationship piece we get back.

Telling is the simplest form of you tell someone when you're hungry, you tell someone, you just tell them. Everything happens in the telling every day. But yet, this simple form of communication can be the most difficult thing that we all do. And it has to be so intentional in our lives. And the intention we put behind it is what we get out of it. So that's the relationship piece we get back.

Can I just touch on one thing about Bessel? And I think it's really important. I was talking about the resources that after I had my first session, you know, my world was turned upside down. Yes. It turned upside down. I write about memory that I have this memory of a coffee cup with the straw and the... I've always seen myself 100% as a glass half full of, okay, let's top it up.

Can I just touch on one thing about Bessel? And I think it's really important. I was talking about the resources that after I had my first session, you know, my world was turned upside down. Yes. It turned upside down. I write about memory that I have this memory of a coffee cup with the straw and the... I've always seen myself 100% as a glass half full of, okay, let's top it up.

Let's just keep going. Let's live on the top half. But in this moment, I looked across and I saw the straw and I saw the glass, the coffee cup half full. And I thought, I'm definitely down in the dark part right now with the coffee. I don't know where, I don't know what's up and what's down. And You know, is everything in my life a lie? Am I going to have to rebuild my life?

Let's just keep going. Let's live on the top half. But in this moment, I looked across and I saw the straw and I saw the glass, the coffee cup half full. And I thought, I'm definitely down in the dark part right now with the coffee. I don't know where, I don't know what's up and what's down. And You know, is everything in my life a lie? Am I going to have to rebuild my life?

And I was going to say that one of the things I did was take a stack of books. And I just retreated inward. And Bessel's book was the first book that I picked up. The Body Keeps the Score. The Body Keeps the Score. And I mean, I just like inhaled it. And then I inhaled it again. And I took notes and made notes.

And I was going to say that one of the things I did was take a stack of books. And I just retreated inward. And Bessel's book was the first book that I picked up. The Body Keeps the Score. The Body Keeps the Score. And I mean, I just like inhaled it. And then I inhaled it again. And I took notes and made notes.

I didn't want it to be real. You didn't want it to be real. I wanted it to go away.

I didn't want it to be real. You didn't want it to be real. I wanted it to go away.

I wanted to put it back in my brain. Yes. But really, once I said it, and then once I said it to myself, and then once I wrote it down a thousand times, I never wanted it to go away. And I accepted it for what it was. And I would be lying if I said that...

I wanted to put it back in my brain. Yes. But really, once I said it, and then once I said it to myself, and then once I wrote it down a thousand times, I never wanted it to go away. And I accepted it for what it was. And I would be lying if I said that...

I'm all done and I wrote the book and the book is good here and I've told the world my story and now it's all good and I never think about it again. But that's never going to be the case. I'm never going to be. But the acknowledgement of it, the telling of it, in that first act of just being honest with myself, it's just wildly liberating.

I'm all done and I wrote the book and the book is good here and I've told the world my story and now it's all good and I never think about it again. But that's never going to be the case. I'm never going to be. But the acknowledgement of it, the telling of it, in that first act of just being honest with myself, it's just wildly liberating.