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As you write on this prompt, if there is pain or hurt, put your hand where the pain is. If you can’t put your hand there, put your thoughts there, as you take deep breaths. Take a deep breath now, put your focus on where there is pain as you take a deep breath in. And release your breath. Take another deep breath in. Let it out. Prompt inspired from Kate Braestrup’s Memoir, “Here If You Need me.” Consider the things you have lost: ~ Opportunities ~ People ~Jobs ~ An important item ~ A favorite item Write about that loss, but instead of letting the story lead you towards pain, start from where it hurts and move forward from there. Describe how you regained sanity, confidence, and the other things you have needed in order to maintain your healthy connection with life. Perhaps there are allies and amulets that…
