Elllll Geeeeeeeee

Wife to 1 super hero, mom to 2 super minions (VTHS Varsity Girls Tennis & Marching Band, & Jazz Band mom). I love life, my family & my friends!

[👼😇 Jana B Warrior Angel 👼😇 @Janabw81]

I support this. Ai is crap.

[Weather NJ @myWeatherNJ]

Snow Map, forecast and timing of the Sunday-Monday Nor'easter Snowstorm in New Jersey https://t.co/wTTdvHPhvX

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

Secure men change our world.

They decrease violence, addiction, and crime in our culture.

How To Create Emotionally Healthy Men:

[Fem Mindset @fem_mindset]

His words are not for today’s fragile egos.🔥🔥

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

I strongly believe the smallest act of daily creativity can powerfully reinforce & fuel our trauma recovery.

Our bullies & abusers desperately want us forgetting how to make & share music, art, poetry, or anything else. Ask yourself why.

[NJ.com HS Sports @HSSportsNJ]

Vernon uses second half to surge past High Point- Boys soccer recap https://t.co/5qP0BH9sQD

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Our body & brain don't take their time processing trauma just for the hell of it.

If our body & brain are telling us we need time to metabolize a feeling or a memory, or that we're not quite ready to do it yet, respect what they're communicating-- they need our trust & support.

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Making time to rest, recharge, & feel good is not "unproductive," any more than the time for bread to rise or a caterpillar to metamorphose in its cocoon is "unproductive."

Realistic trauma recovery requires time to "bake," "rise," & transform. Accept it & invest that time.

[Living with Trauma & Dissociation @RhiaCrewe]

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[Pittsburgh Steelers @steelers]

Who wants this Chris Boswell signed mini helmet⁉️

RP for your chance to win!

[🧬Maxpein🧬 @maximumpain333]

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TOLL OF BEING THE FIRST IN YOUR FAMILY TO WAKE UP.

You weren’t just born into a family.
You were born into a lineage — of silence, suppression, and survival strategies that were never questioned.

Until you.

And if you’ve ever wondered why healing feels like exile…
it’s because you didn’t just grow —
you interrupted something ancient.

When you start waking up in a system that was built to stay asleep,
you don’t just feel different.
You feel disloyal.

You start setting boundaries,
and they call you cold.
You speak your truth,
and they say you’ve changed.
You break the pattern,
and suddenly you become the problem.

Because dysfunction doesn’t see healing as liberation.
It sees it as betrayal.

This is the hidden trauma of being the first to heal:
You carry not just your own pain,
but the psychic weight of everything left unspoken before you.

You become the family mirror —
reflecting what no one wants to see.

And they’ll try to shatter that mirror.
To preserve the illusion.
To keep the lie intact.

In Jungian terms, this is the individuation crisis —
when your soul begins to separate from the inherited persona it once wore to survive.

But here’s the part no one tells you:

Individuation begins with grief.

You mourn the connection that was only conditional.
You mourn the versions of yourself you had to become to be loved.
You mourn the hope that maybe, just maybe, one day they would see you.

This grief isn’t weakness.
It’s sacred.

Because you’re not just walking away —
you’re walking forward.

In Internal Family Systems (IFS), this moment activates protector parts —
the ones that say:
“Go back. Stay small. Don’t shake the foundation.”

Because when you’re the first to awaken,
you’re also the first to risk abandonment.

But what if that exile…
was actually an initiation?

Not into loneliness,
but into legacy.

Because the moment you say:
“This ends with me,”
you’re not just healing backwards.
You’re healing forward.

For every future generation.
For the child version of you who never had a model.
For the ancestors who never had the language.

You were never meant to fit into a broken system.
You were meant to transform it — by refusing to stay unconscious within it.

So if it feels heavy,
it’s because you’re carrying the torch.

And one day, someone will say:
“Because of you, I never had to become what you did to survive.”

That’s not betrayal.
That’s alchemy.

That’s legacy.

~ The Self

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[Living with Trauma & Dissociation @RhiaCrewe]

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[Book Therapy @Book_therapy223]

Choose your companion wisely

[Blitzburgh @Blitz_Burgh]

Hilarious #Steelers #NFL

[Pittsburgh Steelers @steelers]

Hello New Y̶o̶r̶k̶ Jersey!

[🧬Maxpein🧬 @maximumpain333]

WHY THE CHOSEN ONES SUFFER THE MOST.

They say the Universe gives its toughest battles to its strongest warriors. But what they don’t tell you is this: Chosen Ones aren’t born immune to pain—they’re forged through it.

From the very beginning, you felt the weight of being different. The black sheep. Misunderstood by your own family. Rejected before you even knew who you were.

You didn’t fit in because you weren’t supposed to. Your soul came carrying a frequency the world wasn’t ready to receive.

The suffering you’ve endured was never punishment. It was a sacred breaking—a tearing down of false layers so the truth of who you are could rise.

Every betrayal.
Every loss.
Every lonely night.
Each one was a chisel in the hand of the Universe, shaping you into the vessel you were always meant to be.

The Chosen suffer more because they are called to carry more. To lead more. To heal more. To awaken more. You were chosen not because the path would be easy, but because your soul was strong enough to survive the storms and still shine.

Behind every Chosen One is not luck, but fire. A story of pain. A story of power. A story of purpose.

So don’t envy the Chosen. Instead, pray for their strength. Because what looks like light on the surface is often born from the deepest darkness.

~ James William Kaler

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[Elllll Geeeeeeeee @EllllGeeee]

@InformedNJNurse Not a clinician, but my 14YO daughter has this now. 102 fever and rigors to go along with the rest. NW NJ.

[Elllll Geeeeeeeee @EllllGeeee]

@brookegiess holy cow-check this out!!! 🤩

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

This is Daphnis, one of Saturn's moons.

This image shows its unusual gravitational effect on Saturn's rings.

[Elllll Geeeeeeeee @EllllGeeee]

Agreed! Best part of the whole SB was the pregame music (says the Marching Band Mom)!!!

[(Not) Art Rooney II @OldManRooney]

The NFL should have had the Southern band stick around for halftime.

[(Not) Art Rooney II @OldManRooney]

The NFL should have had the Southern band stick around for halftime.