Tag: Wild

• Three Last Names, One Me: Finding My Identity After Divorce(s) and Trauma

  

  “I’m a free spirit who never had the balls to be free.”― Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Names. They shape us, define us, and sometimes, they break us. I’ve carried three last names over the course of my life, each one representing a different chapter of who I was—or perhaps…

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  April 8, 2025

  Memoir Writing, Personal Essays, Survival and Healing

  Cheryl Strayed Wild, cptsd, divorce, healing, healing journey, identity, identity crisis, life, love, mental health, reinventing yourself, resilience, self-discovery, survival, trauma, trauma recovery, wandering, Wild, writing