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My Recovery Journey: The Divorce and Trashing the Dress
The divorce in over and my recovery journey is coming to a close through this therapeutic exercise of strength and acceptance.
heatherbeanoyler
Mar 616 min read


Choosing Myself: The Heartache of Divorce, the Hope of Healing, and Valentine’s Day Reflections
Valentine's Day looks different this year, post divorce, and here I am still choosing to choose myself.
heatherbeanoyler
Feb 1310 min read


A Letter to the Me of 2024
A letter to the me of 2024: a work of gratitude and reflection to the version of me that made it through 2024 with dignity and grace.
heatherbeanoyler
Jan 96 min read


Survival Mode
How do you survive when life is dragging you down? Here are some helpful tools I have learned to get through--I call it "Survival Mode"
heatherbeanoyler
Nov 7, 20246 min read


Going Home
Going home can mean different things for different people. Here's what it means to me.
heatherbeanoyler
Oct 17, 20246 min read


Friends After Forty and Filling for Divorce
When you start a new relationship, it almost seems like you get a new friend group built in, but what about when it ends? You end up back in
heatherbeanoyler
Sep 12, 20247 min read


Don't Let Anyone Dull Your Sparkle
Finding my sparkle after years of not knowing who I was.
heatherbeanoyler
Jul 25, 20246 min read


Domestic Violence in Local Headlines
News of domestic violence is always hard to hear, and this time is no different. Here are some things I am trying to do to help.
heatherbeanoyler
Jun 6, 20245 min read


My Recovery Journey: The Public's Response to My Story
The reaction I have gotten from sharing my story.
heatherbeanoyler
May 9, 20249 min read


Dancing for My Life
How dance shaped my life from childhood to today.
heatherbeanoyler
Apr 11, 202416 min read


My Recovery Journey: Taking My Life Back
After my abuser made his official Alford Plea at the Peoria County Courthouse, he made a social media post that stated that although he...
heatherbeanoyler
Mar 28, 202424 min read


My Recovery Journey: Forced into Hiding
When I was dropped off at the Orlando airport by my driver, it was so vacant and there were very few people in sight. As I made my way...
heatherbeanoyler
Mar 14, 202425 min read


My Recovery Journey: The Refuge
My experience in a residential treatment facility in Florida in 2020.
heatherbeanoyler
Mar 7, 202418 min read
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