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    Trauma Healing

    An unexpected healing experience during the holiday season

    31st December 2018 /

    I am writing this on 31 December 2018 and so far this holiday season has proven unexpected. For first time ever my partner, son and I got to stay at home for the holidays. No travelling, no other people’s traditions or expectations – we put the start and foundation of our family tradition. This is something I’ve longed for for a very long time. I’ve never had a strong family of my own and I barely have any memories of our time together, if there was any “togetherness” at all. Having my own family has always been like a guiding star for me – something I’ve always, even subconsciously, strived for.…

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    Autumn and the renewal of the soul: on priorities, anxiety and social media

    11th November 2015
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    Becoming our true selves

    2nd March 2016
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    The hidden gift in every difficulty

    6th July 2017
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    Trauma Healing

    Acceptance: the path to change

    5th February 2018 /

    “If you want to see change in your life, accept it as it is.” Lately, I find myself wanting yet another change in my life. I live in a city. About an year ago my family and I moved to Sofia, Bulgaria. It happens to be one of the most polluted capitals in Europe. I’ve started feeling the dust and the dirt of the city polluting my own life and state of mind. I find myself wanting to move again. I want to go far from the smog, the noise, the cruelty, and the trickery. Our family has suffered a few blows on our property, we’ve been stolen from, and…

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    Remembering what matters: on being social, school troubles and birthdays

    18th February 2016
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    How relationships help us heal and transform

    8th October 2016
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    How to work with difficult feelings

    20th March 2017
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    Spirituality

    Dear beautiful you

    9th October 2017 /

    Dear, I love you! I cherish you! I thank you for being the vessel for my soul! You are beautiful, you are worthy, you are precious! You deserve to be happy, you deserve to follow your dreams, you deserve to honour your path. You don’t have to hold on to the past, you do not need to keep the painful memories, you do not need to suffer anymore. You don’t have to be unhappy because someone else is unhappy, you do not need to commiserate with their pain. That won’t help ease their pain, that won’t make them feel better. You have the right to put your needs first, you…

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    Birthday wishes and full moon magic

    22nd September 2016
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    The beginning of a new journey: embracing minimalism

    28th January 2016
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    Using crystals to access the subconscious and heal deep wounds

    28th November 2017
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    Trauma Healing

    Forgiveness letter to myself

    11th April 2017 /

    I forgive myself for neglecting and abusing my body. I forgive myself for rejecting myself. I forgive myself for abandoning myself. I forgive myself for treating my body with disgust. I forgive myself for shaming my body image.  I forgive myself for rejecting my sexuality. I forgive myself for not wanting to give myself love.  I forgive myself for self-abusing through the wrong relationships. I forgive myself for not forgiving myself.  I forgive myself for making the wrong choices. I forgive myself for the self-destruction I was practicing. I forgive myself for the harmful things I’ve done to myself.  I forgive myself for wanting to kill myself.  I forgive myself…

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    The power is within you

    2nd August 2017

    The pandemic as an opportunity to continue healing – repairing what was once ruptured

    7th July 2021
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    Accepting our shadow as a way back to wholeness

    6th June 2018
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    Trauma Healing

    Past life explorations

    3rd June 2016 /

    Last time I put my story under a different light and illuminated it within a new perspective. I looked into my life from the angle of radical (self) forgiveness. In short, radical forgiveness is about the idea that whatever happened to us (seeing ourselves as victim) or whatever we did to someone else (seeing ourselves as perpetrator), nothing wrong ever occurred. The people participating in the event on both sides have agreed on spiritual level to experience it so their souls can evolve. It’s all perfect and as it should be. Thus, skipping the traditional meaning of forgiveness, we address our concerns to our spiritual self and forgive whomever hurt us or ourselves…

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    Becoming our true selves

    2nd March 2016
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    Dreams of freedom and defining values

    25th September 2016
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    Accepting our shadow as a way back to wholeness

    6th June 2018
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    Trauma Healing

    Rewriting my story in a radical self-forgiveness context

    25th May 2016 /

    “I am here to deal with my fear of isolation, loneliness and loss. I have chosen my parents, sibling, partner, child, close friends, and my life circumstances so they can support my soul’s evolution. My mother temporarily left me for 5 years when I was 10 years old. Then she permanently left my life when I was 26. By doing so, she first opened a hole in me as a young child, and then she made that hole graver, bigger and deeper by leaving this world altogether. When my mum first left she prepared me for encountering a greater feeling of loneliness and loss later in my life. When she…

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    Breaking free of our mental prisons

    9th June 2016
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    Remembering what matters: on being social, school troubles and birthdays

    18th February 2016
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    My Pain is My Power

    17th June 2019
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I am Vilina Christoph and I write about my journey of healing from childhood trauma and emotional neglect. I use words to transmute the pain from the adverse experiences into fuel for growth and empowerment. I believe we have the power to heal ourselves and transform our lives from within. I am passionate about helping women heal and grow to become their authentic selves and build an abundant life.

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