Kathy Parker
Medium
South Australia, Australia
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As A Trauma Survivor, Here Are 8 Things I’m Done Apologising For
As A Trauma Survivor, Here Are 8 Things I’m Done Apologising For. I do not need a hero. I do not need a saviour. I just need you to get the f*ck out of my way and let me do it myself.. → Read More
Everyone Said Raising Teenagers Would Be Hard. They Didn’t Say It Would Be This Lonely.
Last week I caught five minutes with a friend whose daughters are the same age as mine. Earlier that particular day one of my daughters had been upset over friendship issues as I… → Read More
10 Ways To Better Love The Avoidant-Attachment In Your Life
10 Ways To Better Love The Avoidant-Attachment In Your Life. We actually make fantastic partners if we have a partner who is willing to understand our needs.. → Read More
The Three Words Our Children Need To Hear The Most
There was a time not long ago when my thirteen year-old daughter was feeling particularly sensitive to anything on television that unsettled her in the slightest — the news, high-action movies, television dramas with any kind of depiction of violence or trauma. → Read More
You Weren’t Too Much For Him, He Was Never Enough For You
He is not the hero of this story. You are.. “You Weren’t Too Much For Him, He Was Never Enough For You” is published by Kathy Parker in Hello, Love. → Read More
Patriarchy Is A System and Women Can Support The System Too
Earlier this week, I wrote something on Facebook that was inadvertently hurtful to others. It was not my intention to hurt anyone — my comment was not worded well and unfortunately the intended… → Read More
Burnout Culture: When Success Means No Longer Having It All, But Doing It All
It’s late Sunday afternoon. I pour a cup of tea and sit at my desk, as I do every Sunday afternoon. Pull out my diary. Rule lines, draw graphs, make schedules, write goals. On paper, the week ahead… → Read More
The Importance Of Learning To Love Without Expectation Or Attachment
And this is how we must learn to love; without expectation or attachment. → Read More
She Might Be Beautiful, But She Will Never Compare to You
You forget she may be all those things. But she isn’t you. → Read More
And I’m Not Sorry For Choosing Me
Sorry I can no longer put your needs above my own. → Read More
An Open Letter To The One Who Couldn’t Quite Break Me
Thank you for helping me understand men like you never change. → Read More
A Reminder For When You Have Given Too Much Of Yourself Away
Hearts as valuable as yours were never made for careless hands. → Read More
You Weren’t Too Much For Him, He Was Never Enough For You
Maybe you will find him. Maybe you won’t. Either way, it doesn’t matter. → Read More
This Is What You Need To Remember When Someone Chooses Not To Forgive You
What others choose to believe of us is not the truth. It is only their opinion. Only their judgement. Only the evidence of their unenlightened heart. → Read More
They Will Always Try And Make You Feel Inadequate
Don’t let them. Listen for the sound of your own name. For here lies everything you are. Everything they are afraid of. Everything they will never be. → Read More
This Is How Betrayal Will Change Your Heart Forever
A heart that is betrayed is changed forever. → Read More
Why I Need to Talk About My Depression and Suicidality
A woman who lives with depression and thoughts of suicide discusses why she needs to talk about her mental illness. → Read More
I Don't Wanna Shrink. I Wanna Grow
I could have followed my psychologist's advice. I could have become a lesser version of myself. A less real, less honest, less feeling, less bleeding version of myself. But if I had done that, I would've taken the essence of who I am and traded it for a cheap imitation. → Read More
I Want To Run Away At Christmas, But This Is Why I Stay
Every year I tell my husband I'm not doing it again. I'm not doing Christmas. I tell him we should all pack a bag and fly far, far away and not return until January and maybe that could be the family present this year. → Read More
This Is What It Feels Like To Have PTSD
While there may be no cure, there is awareness and there is understanding. There is healing in coming out from the shadow of our shame and bringing our stories into the light. As we begin to mend ourselves, we begin to mend each other. There is hope in simply knowing we are not alone. → Read More