Published in Artistic Mystic Soul·PinnedMember-onlyWelcome to My Profile Index!Scroll down for my latest stories ⬇️ — My Top 15 Stories Inspirational Creativity Life Lessons/Ideas Mental Health Wellness Pop Culture Cats Photography/Art Music Poetry/Songs Spirituality Self-Compassion Series FictionLisa Beth Wright1 min readLisa Beth Wright1 min readWelcome to My Profile Index!Scroll down for my latest stories ⬇️My Top 15 Stories InspirationalCreativityLife Lessons/IdeasMental HealthWellnessPop CultureCatsPhotography/ArtMusicPoetry/SongsSpiritualitySelf-Compassion SeriesFiction----1
Published in Artistic Mystic Soul·PinnedMember-only7 Signs You Are Healing From TraumaYou may not realize how much better you are doing — Recovery from trauma can take a long time. It’s frustrating because you want to be “done” and get on with your life. I have CPTSD and have been in trauma therapy for a long time. An unethical therapist set me back on my healing journey, but I am back on…Trauma Recovery6 min readTrauma Recovery6 min read
Published in Artistic Mystic Soul·15 hours agoMember-onlyMy Favorite Cover SongWhat’s yours? — I’m not a big fan of cover songs. I am usually fiercely loyal to the original. But I like some cover songs even better than the original! I watch a lot of music reaction videos on YouTube, and I’ve discovered some fantastic groups I wouldn’t normally listen to. This group…Music2 min readMusic2 min read
Published in Artistic Mystic Soul·16 hours agoMember-onlyDear Medium, Why Can’t We Mute Topics?Then everyone would be happy — I’m all for everyone being able to write about what they want, but there are some topics I do NOT want to see in my news feed. I don’t understand why we can’t mute certain topics, and don’t tell me to hit “see less like this,” because it doesn’t work. …Medium1 min readMedium1 min read
Published in Artistic Mystic Soul·6 days agoMember-onlyIs There Anybody Out There?Or is the news feed just really messed up? — I’m starting to wonder if there is anyone besides a small group still writing on Medium. Why? Because I’m just not seeing recent stories in my news feed. In fact, I’m seeing really old stories. Like, 3–7 years old! I’m fine with discovering old treasures, but this is getting terrible…Medium2 min readMedium2 min read
Published in Artistic Mystic Soul·6 days agoMember-onlyNo, I Don’t Like ASMR VideosThere’s a name for that — My friend loves ASMR videos. LOVES them. He keeps sending them to me to “help me relax.” Well, they don’t. They creep me out. I don’t like the sound of crunching, rustling, crumpling, spraying, or whispering into a microphone. I don’t know how anyone can find that relaxing. No offense…Asmr2 min readAsmr2 min read
Published in Artistic Mystic Soul·Jan 27Member-onlyThe Strangest Things Happen to MeI didn’t know crying was so risky — I’ve been having a rough week. Yesterday morning, I was really missing my mother, and I started crying. I’m talking gut wrenching sobs. Grief has a life of its own. You can’t predict or control it. In the middle of sobbing, my right side started hurting. When I finally stopped…This Happened To Me2 min readThis Happened To Me2 min read
Published in Artistic Mystic Soul·Jan 24Member-onlyHealing Is Not for the Faint of HeartYou must fight for it — fiercely! — I’ve been on a long healing journey for the past few years. My healing needs are part physical and part emotional. During my journey, I’ve learned one thing with certainty. Healing is not for the faint of heart. You must fight for it—fiercely! Chronic Pain I’ve had chronic pain in my low…Healing4 min readHealing4 min read
Published in Artistic Mystic Soul·Jan 19Member-onlyAmazon Kills the Charity Donation Program Amazon SmileIt’s never a good idea to cut giving — I received an email last night from Amazon notifying me they are discontinuing the charity donation program Amazon Smile. In case you didn’t know, you could make Amazon purchases through smile.amazon.com and 0.5% of money from your purchases would go to the charity of your choice. It was a nice…Amazon3 min readAmazon3 min read
Published in Artistic Mystic Soul·Jan 19Member-onlyOne of My Favorite Older SongsAnd my favorite lead guitarist of all time — I was tagged by Lu Skerdoo to share one of my favorite older songs. I’m a musician (piano, guitar, mandolin, and banjo) and a songwriter, so I thought this would be a fun prompt. I love many genres of music, so it was hard to pick out just one song…Music2 min readMusic2 min read