Conversations on the Healing Journey
Conversations on the Healing Journey
I cherish the memories of tea and conversation with my sister and mother. On this healing journey I’d like to create our own conversations of healing.
Consider this an invitation to share your thoughts with me as we explore the things that hurt us and the things that heal, together.
To the best of my ability, I will create audio recordings of these posts for those who are hearing impaired or just prefer to listen instead of read. However, there are a lot of back posts, and I’m also limited in time as I’m working on a number of projects.
Like me, this blog is a work in progress, so I thank you for your patience. And thank you for joining me on this leg of your healing journey! Are you ready? Pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable. I’ll put the kettle on.
~ Demian

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I’ve introduced myself in earlier episodes, but I thought you might like to know a little more detail about who Demian Yumei is. I share a bit about my background, my early years in Japan and New Mexico, what the creative process means to me and how it fits into my activism. Creativity is central […]

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“As a survivor of incest, I do not diminish the impact of being sexually abused as a child, but I’ve come to realize that the dynamics of covert abuse helped my father to justify and sustain his abuse. As egregious as the sexual abuse was, it was the cover up — the denying and the […]

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But we’re not the only dreamers. There is another that dreams. It’s Life, Life dreaming you. This Dream of Life, well that’s the fingerprint of your heart’s desire. It’s your spirit’s dance and your soul’s whispering. It’s the call of every human heart, and it expresses itself through you through your unique vision and inspiration. […]

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In the middle of this nightmare, remember to dream. Turn the energy around… Whatever challenges you are facing within the greater context of the world’s, know that in the midst of a nightmare, you can turn it into a dream. There is no greater time for you to hold to your dream and keep it […]

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Things won’t fall back nicely into place. But they can fall into a better place, and we have a say in what that will look like. That is the way of healing. In healing from the trauma of sex abuse, I have learned that I get the last say in my life. Not my father. […]

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I don’t care how many issues you have. I don’t care how much you may have messed up in your life, because you didn’t have it together. If you are here — no matter what condition you’re in, you are a warrior. Many who make it through this pandemic will come out traumatized. But what […]

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If you have to put up with sudden flareups, and words that seek to tear you down, lift yourself up with the sound of your own beautiful spirit and it’s beating heart. Having to self-isolate with an abusive person or in an abusive situation is additional stress on an already stressful situation. You may be […]

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Life is strong. Even in the midst of turmoil and crisis, there’s always something within us that keeps urging us forward. In the darkest night something nudges us to reach for a sun we can’t see yet . And yet we do. And it always rises. I want you to know that this time is […]
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