Lyn Barrett 1/29/24 Lyn Barrett 1/29/24

Denial

Denial can be both enemy and friend. Walk with your eyes open but give thanks for the blinders, when needed!

Lyn Barrett 1/15/24 Lyn Barrett 1/15/24

Lift Up Your Voice

We claim our voices!

Lyn Barrett 7/11/23 Lyn Barrett 7/11/23

Waves

The rhythms of our lives come in waves.

Lyn Barrett 5/8/23 Lyn Barrett 5/8/23

Gardening & DID

Gardening is Sparrow’s outlet 🪺!

Lyn Barrett 4/13/23 Lyn Barrett 4/13/23

5 Sleep Strategies for Multiples

If you are having sleep difficulties, this guest blog post by Cathy Collyer is for you.

Lyn Barrett 4/8/23 Lyn Barrett 4/8/23

Gratitude? What’s That?

Sometimes gratitude is the last thing on my checklist.

Lyn Barrett 11/6/22 Lyn Barrett 11/6/22

A Personal Healing Liturgy*

Personal liturgies for healing can transform the damage done by the “bad” rituals of our childhoods.

Lyn Barrett 7/31/22 Lyn Barrett 7/31/22

Remembering the Tough Stuff

Remembering is the single most important thing we can do for the rest of our lives. ~ Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor

Lyn Barrett 7/9/22 Lyn Barrett 7/9/22

Shame

It’s okay to be imperfect.

Lyn Barrett 7/4/22 Lyn Barrett 7/4/22

Freedom

On Independence Day, we declare freedom from the horrors of the past, and freedom to live the lives we were meant to live!

Lyn Barrett 6/17/22 Lyn Barrett 6/17/22

My Best Friend: Writing!

Writing is a friend of a different stripe.

Lyn Barrett 6/10/22 Lyn Barrett 6/10/22

End the Slaughter

I claim mariachi music for the children slaughtered at Uvalde and for our inner children, tortured and fragmented.

Lyn Barrett 2/3/22 Lyn Barrett 2/3/22

An Alter Speaks on Forgiveness

My alter, Mike, woke up and had something to say.

Lyn Barrett 1/21/22 Lyn Barrett 1/21/22

Hurting & Forgiving

Hurting and forgiving are two sides of the same coin.

Lyn Barrett 12/19/21 Lyn Barrett 12/19/21

Light

I believed in the Light before I believed in God.

Lyn Barrett 9/17/21 Lyn Barrett 9/17/21

Trusting Relationships

The world is built on relationships.

Lyn Barrett 8/27/21 Lyn Barrett 8/27/21

Transgenerational Trauma

Trauma is passed epigenetically from one generation to another.

Lyn Barrett 8/12/21 Lyn Barrett 8/12/21

Third Shift

We have a family and friends in our head, who walk with us everywhere. How could that be only negative?

Lyn Barrett 7/9/21 Lyn Barrett 7/9/21

Six Easy Ways To Support Your Child Parts In Healthcare Appointments

Child and teen parts have valuable energy and curiosity, but they can also be scared and confused during medical and dental treatment.

Lyn Barrett 6/5/21 Lyn Barrett 6/5/21

DID Systems

Each of us with DID and DDNOS have systems of parts that make up our whole selves.

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