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Healing Baby

Lessons learned when your toddlers step in for your therapist.

Sep 30, 2023

Healing Baby

Sep 30, 2023

Arbor Brookes

The Aftermath of Intense Codependence

How my codependent relationship has left me jaded to the emotional needs of others.

3d ago

The Aftermath of Intense Codependence

3d ago

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Is Wandering the Key to a Present Life?

A reflection on how a little girl with a vast imagination stopped her wandering.

4d ago

Is Wandering the Key to a Present Life?

4d ago

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Thirty-Something Women Are Shedding and Becoming.

It’s not that we’re suddenly fearless, but that we are finally ready to take risks for ourselves.

Jul 10

Thirty-Something Women Are Shedding and Becoming.

Jul 10

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His Star Basket Case

A short reflection on the nuances of healing + a poem about what it means to be your therapist’s star basket case.

May 17

His Star Basket Case

May 17

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Rules & Roles | A Poem

A poem about the shedding of arbitrary blueprints, of which I followed blindly — longing to be perfect — for too long.

Mar 9

Rules & Roles | A Poem

Mar 9

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The Layers of “Home”

I have long been contemplating what “home” means. I know that a house does not a home make, necessarily, but so much of life happens inside…

Mar 8

The Layers of “Home”

Mar 8

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The Sun’s Rebirth//A Solstice Prose

This morning I rose as she was rubbing the crust from her eyes, fanning the air with long blinks. I made my way to the lake, arriving

Mar 5

The Sun’s Rebirth//A Solstice Prose

Mar 5

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Writing About What Is Hard To Look At

We’ve all got things that are hard to look at. Sometimes it’s necessary to write around the shadows before we are able to set them aglow.

Dec 19, 2023

Writing About What Is Hard To Look At

Dec 19, 2023

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When The Hardest Person To Live With Is Yourself — A Poem

Self-forgiveness is often the most difficult to grant.

Dec 16, 2023

When The Hardest Person To Live With Is Yourself — A Poem

Dec 16, 2023

Arbor Brookes

Arbor Brookes

Freshly 30 recovering codependent & twin mom seeking an explanation for the human experience. Me, laughing to keep from crying. You, down for the ride.

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