by Helen Papadopoulos | Jan 31, 2025 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis I used to post this quote on my Phoenix Rising facebook page many years ago: it was a reminder to the survivors of sexual abuse (and other forms of abuse), that they...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Sep 11, 2024 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Phoenix Rising Book Updates, Real Mythology
Two years ago, I announced in this post, that I would be rewriting my autobiography to include how it also helped me heal ancestral trauma. (See this article for more on this phenomenon.) I had originally planned to connect the book to the website. However, given my...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Oct 2, 2023 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Trigger word: a word that initiates a process or course of action. This course of action involves getting someone to do something. Maybe the title of a blog post gets them to click on it; the title of a movie may be enough to get them to want to watch it because it...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Sep 12, 2023 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Phoenix Rising Book Updates
In this post, I will share an excerpt from my autobiography that was very popular on my former Facebook page for the book. This is because everyone has experienced some type of loss in their lives that does not have anything to do with the negative effects of abuse. I...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Jun 15, 2023 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Phoenix Rising Book Updates
I have decided to share an entire, fairly confronting chapter from my autobiography in this post. I know that many people can relate to the negative effects of any form of abuse. I have made very minor changes to this chapter in this second edition of my book. The...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Mar 26, 2023 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Phoenix Rising Book Updates
Here is another updated version of an excerpt from my autobiography entitled Art as Therapy in the chapter Heal Thyself. There are many different art forms in this world but the two that have helped me the most – by way of allowing me to get in touch with deeper...
