writing

This is where I share my writing - poems, essays, and thoughts on life and how we can change for the better.

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Helen Dillon-Cottee

The thing about cracks...

The first 'reform' journey I went on was in my faith. I had hit a point where there seemed so many 'cracks' in the faith of my youth that...

Helen Dillon-Cottee

Stop being who you should be; start being who you are.

For 35 years, I lived my life being who I was supposed to be. Much of my ‘supposed to’s’ came from spending my formative years in the...

Helen Dillon-Cottee

How to Turn the Volume Down on Gaslighting

Many of us have adopted these poor beliefs about ourselves from comments thrown out by people we thought we could trust.

Helen Dillon-Cottee

My story of deconstruction

Deconstruction is a hard road: it can be scary and you can feel like you're risking everything.

Helen Cottee

Caves

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” Joseph Campbell