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7 Gentle Phrases People With Difficult Childhoods Say To Themselves Every Day To Start Healing

7 Gentle Phrases People With Difficult Childhoods Say To Themselves Every Day To Start Healing

Published by Jenni Sidey

It’s easy to assume that your inner child is just a cute concept, some vague idea about the younger version of yourself. Yet understanding our inner child helps us face the wounds that we may have received while growing up.  Helping our inner child heal means offering ourselves the empathy we may not have gotten when we were actual children. That work is more significant than it might sound. Psychotherapist Joan E. Childs explains about inner child healing, “Every child must feel they matter, otherwise they grow up believing they have no worth.” Doing this work is how we start to rewrite that story. Helping our inner child heal means offering ourselves the empathy we may not have gotten when we were actual children. The mental health Instagram account, I Go to Therapy, shared various ways to approach your inner child and work to overcome the difficulties you experienced in childhood by repeating a few gentle phrases to yourself to start the process of healing. Here are 7 phrases people with difficult childhoods say to themselves every day …

Coronation Street stars tease “difficult” start to Carla and Lisa’s marriage

Coronation Street stars tease “difficult” start to Carla and Lisa’s marriage

Published by Daniella Wilson

Grab your best hat and some confetti, Coronation Street‘s first ever sapphic wedding is set to air next week. Well, the first ever nuptials between two women to actually go ahead. Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson) jilted Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent) at the alter in 2011, and eight years later a factory fell on top of Rana Habeeb (Bhavna Limbachia) before she was able to wed Kate Connor (Faye Brookes). Fortunately for Swarla, they actually make it to the reception. The only hurdle the couple have to overcome is a flooded venue, but with thanks to some quick-thinking from Lisa, the ceremony goes ahead in the bar of the Chariot Square Hotel. Oh, and there’s a murder. As teased in February’s flash-forward episode, Lisa’s daughter Betsy (Sydney Martin) will stumble across the body of one of their neighbours that night, something which actress Myers has described as “a trial” for the couple just hours into their new beginning. Carla Connor (Alison King) and Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) are married next week. ITV “They think the scream is …

In Praise of ‘Difficult’ Kids

In Praise of ‘Difficult’ Kids

Published by José Betancourt

In 1996, I was a freshly minted high-school history teacher offering a lesson about the presidential election. Ned, who sat in the back row, was doing what Ned always did: making his classmates laugh. He had a gift for the well-timed quip. His comebacks flew so quickly, it was as if he’d prepared them in advance. Generally, he seemed to invest more energy in entertaining the room than in whatever we were studying. A few years ago, Ned reached out to me on Facebook. He is now a high-school English teacher. In his message, he recalled in great detail the debates we’d had about the Civil War, the play our class had performed about Vietnam, the days I had assigned students to bring in a newspaper article and explain it to the class—which is when he had started reading the paper. And all this time, I’d assumed Ned hadn’t been paying attention. Truth be told, in my 30 years in schools, I’ve met a lot of kids like Ned: the ones who won’t stop with …

No Doubt star, 58, reveals difficult early onset Parkinson’s diagnosis: ‘It’s a struggle every day’

No Doubt star, 58, reveals difficult early onset Parkinson’s diagnosis: ‘It’s a struggle every day’

Published by Daniella Wilson

No Doubt guitarist, Tom Dumont, shared difficult news with fans on April 11 when he revealed he’d been diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s disease.  In a video posted to Instagram, he spoke openly to the camera to explain his news and why he decided to share it.  “The last couple months, getting ready for the No Doubt Sphere shows, it’s been very fun,” Tom said of the preparation for their reunion, which is less than a month away. “Looking through old footage and looking at old photographs and relearning old songs and rehearsing and creating all the video stuff for the Sphere.  © Tim MosenfelderTom has the support of his band “It’s kind of made me think about how grateful I am for the life I’ve gotten to lead, as a musician all these years. It’s thanks for our families and our friends and our listeners and you and everyone who’s come to our shows over the years.” Tom, 58, then moved the conversation to his health. His diagnosis WATCH: Tom Dumont talks about his diagnosis …

Pirro’s probe into the Fed’s Powell will be difficult to appeal

Pirro’s probe into the Fed’s Powell will be difficult to appeal

Published by Sam Flores

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Ferris Pirro speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Aug. 12, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters Federal prosecutors in Washington are facing a decision that will help determine whether Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is swiftly replaced or lingers on while politicians fight over his replacement. If they do move ahead with a planned appeal against a recent adverse ruling, as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro insists they will, they risk having the investigation bogged down in complex, unsettled law, former federal prosecutors with experience in appellate law say.  “Regardless of the procedural vehicle they choose, the substantive road ahead of them is brutally steep,” said Sean P. Murphy, a former assistant U.S. attorney who has argued before the judge who ruled against Pirro’s probe of Powell and has briefed the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.  The Trump administration’s plans to quickly confirm former Fed official Kevin Warsh as Powell’s replacement are looking increasingly likely to …

John Lithgow reveals ‘extremely difficult thing to contemplate’ about joining Harry Potter reboot in series’ new documentary

John Lithgow reveals ‘extremely difficult thing to contemplate’ about joining Harry Potter reboot in series’ new documentary

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter John Lithgow has opened up about aging alongside his new Harry Potter co-stars. Lithgow, 80, is taking on the role of Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s forthcoming TV reboot of the famous film franchise. In the film’s new documentary, Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic, Lithgow spoke about the realities of filming the role at his age. “I knew that while I did the first season of Harry Potter, I would be turning 80 years old,” he explained. “That meant that I would age to about 88 before it was all over. “This is an extremely difficult thing to contemplate,” he continued. “They’re gonna grow up in this. And I’m gonna grow older with them.” John Lithgow spoke about the Harry Potter reboot in the series’ new documentary (Getty Images) Arabella Stanton, Dominic McLaughlin and Alastair Stout will star in the …

More ‘difficult decisions’ ahead for leaders

More ‘difficult decisions’ ahead for leaders

Published by skeptic

More schools face axing staff or closure amid falling rolls, ministers have been warned, after a nationwide trust announced that redundancies are on the way across many of its academies. It comes as an MP said the government had agreed to investigate the financial management at another trust which is proposing budget cuts of up to £800,000. But Jonathan Simons, of the Public First think tank, urged politicians not to turn such cases into political footballs. “No one goes into education wanting to sack teachers or close schools,” he said. “But the fact is that school funding is tight at the best of times, and that means that, when pupil rolls fall, schools and trusts are faced with very difficult decisions.” DRET woes At the David Ross Education Trust, a third of schools are set to make “staffing changes” as they wrestle with the falling rolls crisis. The 36-school chain is looking to make the cuts – which will include redundancies – after a review of its central team failed to address the “scale of …

Why Reopening the Strait of Hormuz Will Be Difficult Without A Deal With Iran

Why Reopening the Strait of Hormuz Will Be Difficult Without A Deal With Iran

Published by Sam Flores

Hundreds of oil tankers are idling at either end of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, responding to attacks by the United States and Israel, has effectively blockaded it. As soaring oil prices rattle the global economy, President Trump has vowed to reopen the shipping route “one way or another.” But short of a deal with Iran or a dangerous, prolonged occupation, experts warn, it will be hard to fully restore traffic in the strait. Here’s why. Geography is strategy The strait is narrow and shallow, forcing ships within miles of Iran’s mountainous shores, a landscape that favors asymmetric warfare tactics, in which Iran uses weapons that are small, widely dispersed and hard for adversaries to eliminate completely. Sources: GEBCO (water depth); Vantor (satellite imagery). The New York Times “The Iranians have thought a lot about how to utilize the geography to their benefit,” said Caitlin Talmadge, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies Gulf security issues. The weapons may be relatively small, but that allows the Iranians to hide them in cliffs, …

Disarming Hezbollah ‘extremely difficult’, expert says amid Israel tensions

Disarming Hezbollah ‘extremely difficult’, expert says amid Israel tensions

Published by Sam Flores

It has been “extremely difficult” for the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah since the 2024 ceasefire with Israel, despite ongoing Israeli strikes in Lebanon, said Ziad Majed, professor of Middle East studies at the American University of Paris. He noted that Lebanese authorities face a dilemma over whether to pursue disarmament while contending with a hostile Israel on its borders and a spiralling economic crisis. Majed also highlighted Hezbollah’s Lebanese roots, despite receiving funding and weapons from Iran, adding that many of its members come from villages destroyed by Israel. He added that Hezbollah and its allies represent the majority of Lebanon’s Shia community, one of the country’s largest minorities. Keywords for this article Source link

Gen Z Is Using AI to Have Difficult Relationship Conversations, and the Results Are Massively Cringe

Gen Z Is Using AI to Have Difficult Relationship Conversations, and the Results Are Massively Cringe

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Researchers, teachers, and mental health professionals alike have spent the past few years reeling as teens and young adults exported their brains to AI chatbots — so it should come as no surprise they’re now using the tech as a crutch to sidestep hard conversations they don’t want to have. New reporting by CNN details the troubling rise of young people using AI models like ChatGPT to step in for them during life’s delicate moments. One Yale University student identified as Patrick, for example, used ChatGPT to reject a girl he had met through some mutual friends. “Hey Emily! I hope your half-marathon went well — I’m sure you crushed it,” Patrick began. The ensuing text, six paragraphs long and chock full of ChatGPTisms, may be the perfect distillation of 21st century cringe. In it, the AI’s version of Patrick said it’d be cool to “hang out more — whether it’s just as friends or whatever it was …