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For the better part of my life I never thought I was worth being loved. This is strange considering I was married for 7 years and he did love me and I have a lot of amazing friends but not growing up with loving parents really scares you. The long term damage done to a child who isn’t given a stable loving home to grow up in translates into their adult relationships. My deep rooted abandonment issues have translated into me dismissing people like old newspaper. It’s very unhealthy. Five years ago I reconnected with my father. It was not the easiest but now I am seeing major changes in…

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A couple of years ago when I went to Bali for 3 weeks to work on my book with the editor I was excited because I thought this was a good opportunity to meet some new people. I’ve always heard how Bali is a hotspot and all sorts of men and women like to visit Ubud for yoga and good food. I rented a nice top floor apartment with a nice balcony so I could work but took frequent breaks to go to local cafes. Anywhere I went I saw plenty of women in yoga gear, tattooed men with ‘man buns’ and not one of them would look up from…

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