The Clarity Library

I spent years experiencing things I didn't have words for. Now I'm learning the words, understanding the patterns, and discovering how emotional abuse and chronic stress can affect not only our minds, but our bodies too.

This is where I share personal and borrowed stories, hard-earned lessons, and what I'm learning about narcissistic abuse, the nervous system, emotional manipulation, and healing.

Finding the words for what happened helps us understand what we've been carrying which leads us on a path back to ourselves.

Random Thoughts

Tuirse: Deep Soul Exhaustion

Tuirse, an Irish Gaelic word, that I came across. Ever heard of it? Maybe it will resonate with you like it did with me. Beautifully described by someone as a deep “soul exhaustion” of the body and spirit that cannot always be fixed by a simple night of sleep. THIS is what I have felt for so long. Don’t misinterpret it for weakness, it is more closely associated with depletion. I had never heard of the word yet when it found me, there couldn’t have been a more perfect wor

Sep 111 min read