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 | Sep 3, 2022 | Healing Sexual Abuse, Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Guilt: knowing that you have committed some type of wrongdoing. Guilt is usually not enough to make people change. This change would require them to not only rectify their transgression(s), but to never do it again. I am well aware of how this works with sexual and...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Jan 28, 2022 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Misplaced: To set on a wrong object or eventuality: his trust had been misplaced; synonyms: lose, mislay. Guilt: Feelings of deserving blame especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy: SELF-REPROACH; synonyms: contrition, penitence, regret,...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Mar 1, 2021 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
Below is a modified excerpt taken from one of my self-help books – DIY Therapy Chart: An Emotional Healing Guide – that some people have found very useful over the years. I hope it helps you, too. “You, generally speaking, go about life trying to get...
by Helen Papadopoulos | Jun 10, 2014 | Real Philosophy, Self Help Skills
In most cases, the reasons you grieve some loss are fairly straightforward. If it is a loved one, you may miss the way you loved them and/or the way they loved you. If it is a job that you enjoyed, and were fortunate enough to earn a decent living from, you will miss...