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Soul Shelter

Notes from one woman’s journey through emotional abuse, to my AAPI faith sisters.

You are beloved. You are not alone. Welcome to a safe, listening space that believes in and blesses your belovedness.

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A blog created to support AAPI women of faith who are navigating emotionally abusive relationships.


 

About

I am an AAPI artist, poet, coach, and facilitator working at the intersection of grief and joy. Emotional abuse is part of my history. I have survived, and continue to find healing and wholeness on the other side. It’s a work in progress.

This blog has been created because you are completely(!) worthy of love and respect. Emotional abuse can wipe that truth from your memory. No more.

It’s time for a new chapter of remembering and healing for us all.

Welcome. :)


 
 

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Courage

It takes courage to walk where you are walking. To even stand. Well done.

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Become

So much good invites your “yes”. This is a poem to bless your release into it.

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Matilda, the Mascot

It’s time for Soul Shelter to have a mascot: Matilda (whose Germanic name means “warrior”)! She’s all nicked up, but that doesn’t stop her from swimming toward a better future, determined not to give up hope.

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Sanctuary

Where do you find rest when life feels hard?

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With You

Perhaps your dear heart finds itself facing both the vast emptiness of what may never be, and the stark reality of what actually is.

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Where does grief find you?

As I walk around in the slowness of my grief, doing the heart work as it arises, I trust that the One who loves me will bring healing in its time. I trust that this will be true for you too.

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Emotional Dust

The dust does not define you. You are God's beloved child, worthy of love and respect. Always.

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A Wonder

Such a moment can shake the dust off of our hearts and help us see a little more clearly. Pain can make it easy to miss.

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Rain

I thought of you, and of the ways your tears gather themselves together in your heart, comforting each other.

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Thank You

Its dynamic movement arcs toward hope, inviting us to welcome what is, and to dream of all that can be.

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