HeyJaredRachael B. Writes
Writing about my own personal and creative journey, in the hope that it helps you with yours (or at least entertains!). This may be in the form of essays, letters, poems & whatever else comes to mind! Playfully exploring new creative avenues - join me!
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It’s been far too long since I wrote for merriment (opens the original)
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My Dear Heart, I was thinking today that it has been far too long since I wrote simply for merriment. It seems these days that everything we write must serve some purpose. Purpose is necessary, of course it is. It is the reason behind much of my work. However, one must also make time for play, do you not agree? As always, there is much to do, and many worrisome happenings both in my personal bubble and the world at large. That doesn’t mean though, that we should always be so serious; creating on
From the Ashes - Hannah’s story (opens the original)
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*Hannah reached out to me when she saw I was seeking women who might be happy to share their experiences of abuse in all its forms. She said her story was like ‘mist and vapours’, adding that “Emotional abuse, like gaslighting, as well as verbal abuse and lies, are invisible traumas that leave invisible scars.”<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kEva!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%
My Growth Catalysts #5 - Sam (opens the original)
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I met Sam at university, and admired her from a distance at first. We later became friends, hanging out, and partying together occasionally, although we didn’t become as close as we are now, until much later.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1293" src=
From the Ashes - Hanna's story (opens the original)
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Hanna* reached out to share her story with me, asking if it was ok to share not the abuse she experienced from her former partner, but instead the deep pain she felt when her family cut her off as a result.It was heartbreaking to read about how, after experiencing years of coercive control and emotional abuse, when Hanna left her partner, her family chose to believe her abuser’s narrative over her own. Hanna was not the only woman who contacted me with a similar story.His isolationmade me a ghos
I'm afraid of losing my memory (opens the original)
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My son has been saying for a while that I keep repeating myself. Sometimes he will admit he’s winding me up but other times, he’s genuinely confused as to why I keep telling him something I already told him earlier, and yesterday, and probably the day before too. I usually laugh it off but sometimes, it does get to me. Especially when it’s not just confined to repeating myself at home.About a week ago I posted a piece here about one of my growth catalysts, an old English teacher of mine. Then to
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