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Final Thoughts for 2024
Hello everyone! This will be my final blog of 2024. What a revelation year – revelation about myself, others, and my purpose! My...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Dec 23, 20245 min read
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A Letter to My Younger Self: A Rewind and Repost
I wrote this 3 and 1/2 years ago. It is now more true than it has ever been in my life so I wanted to repost it today. May we all walk in...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Dec 10, 20245 min read
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An Open Letter of Thanks to Those Who Have Hurt Me
*To those who hurt me, Thank you for treating me badly. I know it might sound crazy to thank you, but without you, I would not be where I...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Nov 27, 20243 min read
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Emotional Dungeons: Freedom from Co-Dependency’s Prison
Hello everyone! I wanted to diverge from my series to cover a topic that ties closely to co-dependent cycles. In fact, you can’t have a...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Nov 18, 20246 min read
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Overcoming Cycles Co-dependency Part 2: Avoidance
Avoidance. I wish I could tell you I had used avoidance to work good in my life but I'd be lying if I did. I defined avoidance in my...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Oct 14, 20245 min read
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All My Life
Hello everyone! Over the course of my healing journey, and particularly during blog series that I write; I will get additional...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Sep 29, 20244 min read
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Overcoming Cycles of Co-dependency Part 1: Compliance
Compliance – it's a complicated word for me. The emotional, mental, and even physical compliance have taken their toll on my body and my...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Sep 23, 20245 min read
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Overcoming Cycles of Co-Dependency: An Introduction
Hello everyone! This may sound very strange, but I am excited to take you through this new blog series! I recently admitted to myself...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Aug 26, 20247 min read
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Performance No More
Hello everyone! My epiphanies come at the strangest times. I may be driving, showering, working, relaxing, painting, or simply sitting...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
May 6, 20245 min read
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My Peace
One simple word. Peace. I am finally at peace – not the peace death brings, the peace life brings. A peace that has been hard fought for...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Apr 22, 20244 min read
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Ambivalence, Disappointment, and Getting Off the Dysfunctional Merry-Go-Round
Hello everyone! This blog has been a few weeks (and probably months) in the making. In order to write about my disappointments and my...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Mar 31, 20247 min read
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Who and What Are You Tending?
Hello everyone! I am excited about this topic today! I spent many years tending the wrong things and the wrong people. I don't want...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Mar 17, 20247 min read
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Unlearning Unhealthy and Unhelpful Communication Styles
*I do not own the rights to this photo. Hello everyone! I started writing this blog a few days ago snuggled up under a blanket writing on...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Jan 22, 202413 min read
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Freedom from Co-Dependency: It is No Longer My Job to Make You Happy
Hello everyone! I have to say, this writing has been a long time coming – mostly because I have been in denial for a good part of my life...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Sep 13, 20236 min read
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Our Words Matter!
I do not own the rights to this photo. Hello everyone! I don't know about you, but the rhetoric over the past week from both the left...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Aug 19, 20224 min read
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Truth Without Love, Grace, and Relationship is Just Noise
**I do not own the rights to this picture. Hello everyone! I find myself, once again, penning a blog that I had no plans to write. I...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Aug 5, 20225 min read
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The Lost Art of Disagreement and Functional Conversation in America: Where is the Love and Respect?
I do not own the rights to this photo. Hello everyone! First, a story. I have the pleasure of delivering meals to high risk families this...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Jun 20, 20227 min read
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Changing the Church's Narrative Part 3: Love and Unrepentant People
Hello everyone! Valentine's Day, the holiday of love, is almost upon us in 2022! With that in mind, and with the continued sex and abuse...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Feb 7, 20226 min read
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Forgive, Do Not Tolerate Harmful Boundary Violations
Hello everyone! I listened to Will Smith speak about his new book this weekend. I very much believe him to be a good man and a man who...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Nov 16, 20214 min read
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Princes, Knights and Partners: Choosing Wisely
Hello everyone! I write this as Halloween is coming to a close. The instrumental worship music is playing in the background and my mind...

Elizabeth R Billingsley
Nov 1, 20215 min read
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