Category: Blog Posts

  • A letter: Learn to love yourself again.

    Nocta

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    Loving yourself isn’t something you can just figure out or “try” to do. It is a habit and an action. If you have not truly been loved the way you deserve you are going to struggle to understand how and what loving yourself is. You like having frames of reference and a “how to” guide… Read more

  • What holds me back?

    Nocta

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    What holds me back? You want to feel safe. Your inner child wants to feel safe. You keep yourself in familiar but toxic situations, places and mental states because that is what you view as safe. Anything new or unknown is not safe in a way that you have come to understand safety. Suffering was… Read more

  • Be proud of yourself.

    Nocta

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    Be proud of yourself. You need to start actually celebrating the hardships you have overcome. You have been through so much and instead of seeing the victories and strength, you see how you could have “been better.” You are alive. Much less has destroyed you in the past. You only see the shortcomings and never… Read more

  • What does it mean to move forward?

    Nocta

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    If I am ready to move forward, what does that actually mean for me? What does it mean for me to let go and allow myself to heal?  It is time to end the traumas from your childhood. You relive those cycles by never allowing yourself to process the emotions from the past. Without healing… Read more

  • What is Shadow Work?

    Nocta

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    Shadow work, as coined by Carl Jung, involves incorporating parts of the self that are considered undesirable into the rest of the personality. To break it down further, shadow work is the process of examining parts of ourselves that we have hidden and suppressed due to social, personal or even parental expectations. We tend to… Read more

  • An honest letter to my Inner Child

    Nocta

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    Trigger warning: Brief mention of self harm To my inner child, I am sorry that big me never listened to you and allowed you to come out and play. I stuffed you in a box the same way everyone else did and I suffocated and choked you out until there was nothing left of you.… Read more

  • Introducing the Author: Who am I & What do I do?

    Nocta

    My name is Nocta and I am an eclectic practitioner specializing in shadow work. My spiritual practice began in 2021 after a near death experience and I have since dedicated myself to growing my spiritual connection and knowledge. Since I was a child I have known my purpose was to walk through the darkest parts… Read more