Stephanie Terre Blanche Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist

10/03/2026

Mary Oliver just understands the words of Psyche

10/03/2026

Thank you The Horse's Truth with Angela Dunning. Sjo, its sometimes so hard, when the changes are intense on every level. It's understandable to want to give up, go back to safety. Deep shift feels like death - but just remember - it is rebirth too.

"Deep growth feels like a death.
Because it is.
It’s the death of the person you thought you had to be to survive."

~ Dr. Gabriel Barsawme

Art: 'Bolt of Light' by Kobayashi Noriyuki

10/03/2026

We all need these spaces, where we feel calm, grounded, and home. Sometimes in life we lose them - often because we've also lost that feeling inside of ourselves. These are some of the toughest times, I've found. It takes a long, painful journey to return back to the home inside of ourselves, and to find the safe spaces in the outside world.

❤️

10/03/2026

— Allen Ginsberg, Song

10/03/2026

Trauma can really shatter us— our heart, our "potential," even our consciousness or identity.

We gotta remember that when something is shattered, piecing it back together requires care & patience— & often love.

This self-love thing is more than a slogan in trauma recovery.

09/03/2026

It’s helpful, then, during a dark night, to constantly broaden your imagination of what is happening to you.
If your only idea is that you’re depressed, you will be at the mercy of the depression industry, which will treat you as one among millions, for whom there is only one canonical and approved story. Maybe you’re overwhelmed but not depressed. Maybe life has sent you a great challenge, and you may need a vast spiritual vision to deal with it...
Meaning allows you to go through almost any form of change, no matter what the costs.
- Thomas Moore