The Space Between Selves

A dark feminist blog exploring goddess mythology, modern womanhood, and female power through poetry, essays, and literary analysis. Along with some reviews of books I love.

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Grounding

There is something quietly radical about standing barefoot on the Earth.

No apps.
No metrics.
No optimisation.

Just your breath meeting soil.
Your nervous system meeting safety.
Your body remembering what it feels like to be held.

In a world that keeps us insulated, elevated, and endlessly “on,” grounding invites us back into something older than burnout and faster than fear: presence.

Sometimes healing doesn’t arrive as a breakthrough.

Sometimes it arrives as grass beneath your feet, sunlight on your skin, and a soft internal whisper that says:

You are safe here.
You belong to this planet.
You have always been supported.

Sometimes… it really is as simple as taking your shoes off. 🌿

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Red Light Therapy

Red light therapy works less like a command and more like an invitation. It offers the body a signal it already understands, supporting repair, energy, and balance at a cellular level. Rather than forcing calm or overriding symptoms, it helps create the internal conditions where regulation can emerge naturally. For a nervous system shaped by stress or trauma, this gentle, non-invasive support can feel like being met rather than managed.

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Boundaries

Boundaries are not walls. They are doors with locks you control. They exist to protect what is finite, your time, energy, body, and attention, before they are eroded by guilt or habit. When boundaries are absent, the nervous system stays on high alert, scanning for threat. When they are practiced, even imperfectly, the body begins to learn something new: that saying no does not equal danger, and that safety can be self-generated.

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Dreamcatchers

Dreamcatchers sit at the threshold between waking and dreaming, order and chaos, the known and the unknowable. They are not just decoration but quiet guardians, a web that decides what is allowed to touch the soul. In their presence, sleep feels less like surrender and more like trust. Even strange dreams are welcome, because dreaming itself is a kind of healing. A reminder that the mind, when it feels safe, knows how to wander and return.

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EMDR

EMDR is not about reliving the past but allowing the body to finally let it go. Memories that once lived in my nervous system begin to loosen, losing their charge, becoming stories instead of alarms. It is a quiet, sometimes uncomfortable process, but also a relieving one. With each session, another piece clicks into place, not with drama, but with understanding. It feels less like fixing myself and more like finally meeting myself where I’ve always been.

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