Doctor of Clinical Neuropsychology

❄Storyteller❄Healed & Healing Others❄BOOKS & such: etsy.com/shop/DrDeeKnight/

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Some problems come for your flesh and find nothing but bones. Hard season after hard, the best of you has long been buried in trauma and pain. But if you can find a way, keep breathing. Just keep making it one more day, bones, buried, and all. You’ll breathe again. I’ve been there. I am here. We’ll breathe again. ✨ [first image is White writing on black with ocean background that says: Yesterday was better. Maybe tomorrow will be, too. 😩 followed by: Glad I made it to today. It was better. ☺️ 2nd image is the ocean at sunset. End image descriptions.] ✨ #hope #courage #breathe #keepbreathing #dontgiveup #youwillmakeit #youwillsurvive #healing #selfcompassion #traumarecovery #traumahealing #youdeservehealing #youareworthy #youareworthit #youdeserve #youareenough #wholeness #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #youreenough #selflovejourney #selfcompassionjourney #selfcarejourney #youdeserveit #gentleness #selfcare #selfkindness #healingandwhole #selflove https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnn2GwrLtLY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Hard truth: something can look beautiful, and feel beautiful, and actually BE beautiful in many ways but still come to an end, need to end, and be better for ending. Sometimes you pay for peace with solemn farewells. I’ll be pausing for a bit to end some things well. I asked some friends to care for me well during this time, and they are, and I am grateful. Blessings to each of you in all that you carry. I hope you have community. 💜 ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with floral edge that says: Sometimes you pay for peace with solemn farewells. There is beauty in pausing. And peace in goodbyes. End image description.] ✨ #pausing #endingwell #takingabreak #traumahealing #youdeservehealing #community #youareworthy #youareworthit #youdeserve #youareenough #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #selfcompassion #wholeness #thriving #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #youreenough #selflovejourney #selfcompassionjourney #traumarecovery #selfcarejourney #youdeserveit #selfcare #selfkindness #healingincommunity #finishwell #healingandwhole #selflove https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4OYGOvDpC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The lie of healing slow is feeling stuck. Some days will feel like you’ve gone backwards and some will feel like you’ve barely survived at all, like you’ve clawed your way up for a breath that you choke on while sinking. You are not stuck. You are still healing. Brief fatigue is a part of the healing cycle, a reminder we all need rest. Having to heal again (and again) isn’t a failure. Celebrate your slow healing, your repeated healing. You are right on track. ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with orange floral edge that says: My healing is slow but proof that healing is possible. Honor your need for slow healing, repeated healing, and deep, lasting healing. End image description.] ✨ #healing #youarehealing #selfcompassion #slowhealing #traumarecovery #traumahealing #youdeservehealing #youareworthy #youareworthit #youdeserve #youareenough #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #therapistsofinstagram #wholeness #thriving #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #youreenough #selflovejourney #selfcompassionjourney #selfcarejourney #youdeserveit #gentleness #selfcare #selfkindness #healingincommunity #healingandwhole #selflove https://www.instagram.com/p/ClkHPKOJ8yL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[drdeeknight]

It’s hard but I hope this sets somebody free. The life of peace you desire is awaiting some tough goodbyes and the freedom endings bring. You don’t need a fuss or fight. Nobody has to be a villain. And I’m sorry, but this goes both ways. Some people will say goodbye, and we will need to let them. It hurts, but it makes room for healing. And most of all, it is normal. It is so natural a thing, the flux of relationships, and it may not be a permanent goodbye, but learning to let go is a vital…and survivable. ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with floral edge that says: It doesn’t have to be anyone’s fault for you to decide a relationship is no longer good for you and to walk away from it. End image description.] ✨ #relationships #healing #relationshipgoals #healingrelationships #healthyrelationships #youareworthit #youdeserve #youareenough #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #therapistsofinstagram #wholeness #thriving #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #youreenough #selflovejourney #relationalhealth #selfcare #selflove #howtoheal #noshame #youdeserveit #sayinggoodbye #endingrelationships #healingincommunity #healthyrelationship #healingandwhole #healthyrelationshipgoals https://www.instagram.com/p/ClDLzOordh5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[drdeeknight]

People you love and respect may still need time to adjust to the you who says No and is at peace with them disliking it. Read that again. Not everyone will like the you who values your rest, declines invitations, is less available to them. This is normal. The discomfort of it will lessen with time and practice. Someone responded to this saying they’re just trying to be at peace with everyone, and I’m sorry, but not everyone wants to be at peace, and not everyone will choose to be at peace with you. I’ve chosen to be at peace with myself. ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with floral edge that says: I want y’all to become okay with people being mad at you, people being disappointed in you, people not agreeing with what works FOR YOU. End image description.] ✨ #peace #sayingno #boundaries #settingboundaries #traumarecovery #traumahealing #youareworthy #youareworthit #youdeserve #youareenough #healing #thehealingcollectiveAL #therapistsofinstagram #wholeness #thriving #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #youreenough #selflovejourney #selfcompassionjourney #selfcarejourney #youdeserveit #selfcare #selfkindness #healingincommunity #selfcompassion #healingandwhole #bigmad #peoplepleasing https://www.instagram.com/p/CkwiqYav88T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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You have permission to be someone entirely new. ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with floral edge that says: You are allowed to be changed by grief. You are allowed to have lived your whole life one way and for that to be forever different as you sit with your losses. End image description.] ✨ #healing #selfcompassion #grief #traumarecovery #grieving #youareworthy #youareworthit #youdeserve #youareenough #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #therapistsofinstagram #wholeness #thriving #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #youreenough #selflovejourney #selfcompassionjourney #griefjourney #selfcarejourney #youdeserveit #gentleness #selfcare #selfkindness #healingincommunity #griefneverends #healingandwhole #selflove https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckj_k4br4Ln/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[drdeeknight]

We hear “this is a trauma response, or that’s a trauma response.” Okay, but healing is also a natural response to trauma. We do more than hurt. We heal. I hope you’re seeing healing in response to all the harm you’ve weathered. I hope your perspective shifts. ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with purple floral edge that says: Healing is also a trauma response. You don’t have to label your experiences from only one perspective. End image description.] ✨ #healing #traumaresponse #selfcompassion #traumarecovery #traumahealing #youdeservehealing #youareworthy #youareworthit #youdeserve #youareenough #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #therapistsofinstagram #wholeness #thriving #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #youreenough #selflovejourney #selfcompassionjourney #trauma #selfcarejourney #gentleness #selfcare #selfkindness #healingincommunity #yourstorymatters #healingandwhole #selflove https://www.instagram.com/p/CkM5qDsLczQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[drdeeknight]

I t’s late, but ooh, do I ever want you to know some things. The healing you’re hoping for is attainable. It’s a long road, hard-fought victories of setting new boundaries, hard-won peace as you peel away the layers of pretense you thought protected you. I applaud you. Keep going. It’s uncomfortable. Keep going. You’ll need to rest, so rest, and then…Keep going. ✨ [Image description white writing on black background with white floral edging that says: I want you to know, sometimes Healing is lonely. Growth hurts like hell. Saying no feels wrong. Setting boundaries feels bad. I want you to know this so you don’t betray yourself, so when the going gets tough, you’ll still choose you. End image description.] ✨ #keepgoing #youarehealing #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #healingtrauma #healingfromtrauma #childhoodtrauma #traumarecovery #youcanheal #youarenotalone #youareenough #youreenough #youareworthit #youareworthy #youaregoodenough #braveenough #strongenough #boundaries #setboundaries #chooseyou #growth #healing #thehealingcollective #healingcollective #thehealingcollectiveal #dontstop #restdontquit #youdeserveit #youdeserve https://www.instagram.com/p/CjZi7-fObJL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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You actually don’t have to always choose the very thing or always bring your A-game. I refuse to bully myself into exhaustion. I don’t expect perfection from anyone else and won’t expect it from me. I am human and committed to my humanity. Welcoming all of me means embracing the parts of me that get tired, or take a break before I’m all tired out, the parts of me that need rest and revel in it, the parts that value peace, and joy, and gentleness. Even when not at your best, you are enough, and that is divine. Hope this meets you where it needs to and that you share beauty and joy with others. ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with orange yellowish floral edging that says, I’ve spent a good bit of thought on whether or not I even want to always do my best, and the answer is no. Being and doing my best all the time is exhausting. Some days I’ll just do and be enough. End image description.] ✨ #youareenough #youareworthy #rest #pause #youareworthit #iamenough #dogoodbyyou #peaceovereverything #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveal #iamhealing #iamwhole #youarehuman #youarehealing #youarewhole #selflove #selfcare #selfcaresunday #takegoodcareofyourself #takegoodcare #lovingyou #takeiteasy #begentlewithyourself #beloving #bekindtoyourself #giveyourselfgrace #giveyourselfabreak #giveyourselftime #everythingtakestime #youreenough https://www.instagram.com/p/CjOpdo2vo75/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[drdeeknight]

Cultivate self-compassion like your life depends on it. Because it does. *I’ve had this draft saved since June or so, but my life got really busy. And I despise busy. And I’ve learned I need less busyness in my life to attend to my own grief with compassion. I hope you all get a chance to do this and encourage others you love to do the same. I’ve been doubling down on whatever joy I was feeling in the second slide, which was also in my drafts on here and idk why but, I like my face and hair, probably one of the last pics of my hair that way. And the joy, the genuine joy I’m continuing to cultivate. Make time for joy, y’all! ✨ [image descriptions: White writing on black background with purple lotus floral edge that says: Wishing you gentleness in your grief, that you find a way and create the space to treat your heart with care. Image 2: video of me, a Black woman in a blue, flowery dress, smiling, hand to chin. End image descriptions.] ✨ #healing #selfcompassion #traumarecovery #traumahealing #youdeservehealing #youareworthy #youareworthit #youdeserve #youareenough #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #therapistsofinstagram #wholeness #thriving #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #youreenough #selflovejourney #selfcompassionjourney #trauma #selfcarejourney #youdeserveit #gentleness #selfcare #selfkindness #healingincommunity #yourstorymatters #healingandwhole #selflove https://www.instagram.com/p/CiBAJdgv8vP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[drdeeknight]

Your rage is valid and necessary. None of this is normal. My body feels that, and I will honor the fury it holds. . [Image description: white writing on black background with gray tone rose edging that says: Stay in your grief, America, and stay, stay in your rage. Stay in your anger as much as you stay in your anguish. Rush neither away. Sadness is not enough. We are seething. End image description.] . #grief #anger #needed #worthy #valid #buffaloshooting #uvalde #uvaldetx #massshooting #trauma #beangry #grieving #triggered #massshootings #yourfeelingsarevalid #itsokaynottobeokay #itsokaytonotbeokay #triggering #traumatic #unplug #mentalhealth #poetry #griefpoetry #guncontrol #guncontrolnow #useyouranger #getangry #fight #wedeservebetter #ourchildrendeservebetter https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd_J0XIuzTE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Sharing for those needing distance today. #LinkInBio Kicking Your Mom to the Curb on Mother's Day. Setting boundaries sucks sometimes. Your family may not like it. YOU may not like it at first, but you'll like your freedom. This was healing to write but hard to share because my mother is alive, and well, and reading. But I didn’t realize the ridiculous roller coaster I was on by forcing myself to be in uncomfortable, harmful situations for so long, and sometimes hearing of other’s healing heals you, too. Grateful for incremental healing and wishing you all the best as you set boundaries going forward. ✨ [image description: multicolored silhouette of an adult and a child, black brick background. End image description.] ✨ #mothersday #boundaries #healing #prioritizeyourself #prioritizeyourhealth #reparenting #reparentingyourself #selfcare #healingincommunity #healingandwhole #selflove #healingandwholeness https://www.instagram.com/p/CdUZEwajLPp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[drdeeknight]

Best friends since 6th grade. The pandemic made it so hard to not connect as much in person. I’ve missed laying on her couch and laughing into the night. But this is 30+ years of friendship, and I’m grateful. I am so, so grateful. I hope y’all have and cultivate long, deep friendships. This woman celebrates me, checks me, and keeps me brave. I love her and she knows it. Make sure your people know it. To all my mothering friends, however you mother, happy Mother’s Day. #happymothersday https://www.instagram.com/p/CdTNSevOt0o/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I hope you invite your whole self into now, to be present, and that every part of you showing up is welcomed and enough. All of you is worthy, every part. May kindness, gentleness, and self-compassion become easier until you speak love fluently to your own soul. ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with red poppy floral edge that says: Today I am alive. All of me is here, and that will have to be enough. End image description.] ✨ #presence #healing #selfcompassion #kindness #traumarecovery #traumahealing #youareworthy #youareworthit #selflove #youarehere #youareenough #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #wholeness #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #youreenough #selflovejourney #selfcompassionjourney #trauma #selfcarejourney #loveyourself #gentleness #selfcare #selfkindness #bepresentnow #bepresent #healingandwhole #bepresentinthemoment https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJNDTylqqf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Showing up for ourselves and for those we love, even when we don’t have the words to say. Especially when. ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with pink floral edge with a poem that says: On Bearing Witness, it is a sacred place, this silent space, where words lay down, and take their final breaths, do you have the courage, to be quiet, the strength, to be still, the bravery to bury your words, and sit with me. End image description.] ✨ #witnessing #healing #howtoheal #traumarecovery #bearingwitness #traumahealing #youdeservehealing #youareworthy #youareworthit #surviving #grieving #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #wholeness #thriving #youarewhole #iamhealing #iamwhole #healingpoetry #poetry #griefpoetry #trauma #selfcarejourney #bravery #gentleness #courage #grief #healingincommunity #healingandwhole #poetrycommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc5nluPu8RC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[drdeeknight]

There’s so much pain, so much suffering that finds or makes its way in the world. Find your way to joy, make time for it, allow it, embrace it, express it. You deserve joy. Unearned, unmerited, amidst all life’s happenings. ✨ [image description: White writing on black background with sunflower edging that says, I think we are all wondering at some level “Is now an ok time to feel joy?” And I want you to know the answer is yes. End image description.] ✨ #joy #embracejoy #youareok #youwillbeokay #blackjoy #maketimeforjoy #traumahealing #traumarecovery #traumacare #thehealingcollective #thehealingcollectiveAL #traumahealingcollective #morejoy #joyful #joyfull #seekjoy #itsokaytobehappy #itsoktobehappy #itsoktobeok #itsokaytobeokay #joyoflife #joyinthejourney #joyspotting #joyfulheart #joyfulhearts #joyjoy #ivegotjoy #letjoyin #joymatters #joyinthesmallthings https://www.instagram.com/p/CcO5xBfNwS1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[drdeeknight]

Here’s a list of things y’all can tell me about these blue light-filtering glasses. 1. 2. 3. 😂🤓 Oh, and join me for more fun over at my website. People are beginning to get their packages, and I am so happy. #linkinbio DrDeeKnight.com ✨ [my most fun image description, ever: it’s me, y’all, a Black woman with red hair, a diagonally striped black and white dress, and black glasses, just looking cute n stuff.] #blackwomen #redhair #artinthemail #spreadjoy https://www.instagram.com/p/CcB-E_CFXPs/?utm_medium=tumblr