Pathways to Peace

01/01/2026

If he hates his life, he will make yours miserable.
If he does not love himself, he will punish you for loving him.

Because an unhealed man doesn’t know how to receive love.
He only knows how to test it.
Destroy it.
Doubt it.

He will bring his anger home.
His insecurities home.
His unresolved trauma home.
Then call it “stress” while you slowly lose yourself.

He will make you feel like love is a battlefield.
Like you have to earn softness.
Like peace is something you’re not allowed to have.

And the truth is simple.
A man at war with himself
will never know how to love a woman in peace.

So don’t try to save him.
Don’t let his chaos become your normal.

Choose the man who is healing.
Choose the man who is stable.
Choose the man who protects your spirit.
Because love should feel safe.
Not like survival.

12/28/2025

"A Narcissist will never admit they have a problem, if confronted with their own bad behavior they will do their very best to make people believe they are the victim."

― Harvey Stuarts

12/28/2025

New Year…

12/28/2025

12/28/2025

“Instead of asking her why she didn’t leave her abuser sooner,
tell her you are proud of her for leaving when she could.”

~Christy Ann Martine💜✨

Leaving is not weakness.
It is survival.
It is courage, timing, and safety — none of which anyone else gets to judge.

To every survivor reading this:
you did the best you could with what you had, and that is enough. 💜✨🤍✨

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12/28/2025

Some women do not just lose love, they lose years trying to recover from it.

Nobody talks about the women who had to start over from zero because a man destroyed their peace. They lost time, money, confidence, and years of their life. They gave everything they had, believing in love, believing in forever, only to wake up one day realizing they had nothing left but themselves.

They had to rebuild from scratch. Find their strength again. Learn to trust their own voice after it was ignored for so long. They carried shame they did not deserve, wondering how they let it happen, while quietly surviving the pieces left behind.

If that is your story, hear this. Starting again is not failure, it is survival. It takes courage to stand up after being broken. It takes strength to choose yourself when your world has fallen apart. You are not behind. You are brave.

Every small step you take now is proof that you did not give up. You are writing a new chapter with wiser eyes and a stronger heart. And one day, you will look back and see that starting over was not the end of your story, it was the moment you finally began living for you.
Narcissist = Bully, Coward, Liar and Fraud

12/23/2025

Save these for the days when recovery feels heavy. Small reminders can ground us in compassion and grace. 💙

12/23/2025

USA TODAY BESTSELLER 📖 Michelle’s new book, Dear Friend, is out now!
A daily companion with 365 reflections to help you cultivate self-love, clarity, and inner peace.
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12/23/2025

“Art therapy is not just about making art. It’s a scientifically grounded practice that uses creative expression to help people understand themselves on a deeper level and make real changes toward a better version of themselves.”

Learn more about how art therapy can help provide a moment of calm during the holidays:

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/12/01/turn-holiday-stress-into-creative-joy/