Deanne Ames
@deanneames.bsky.social
C-PTSD Psychotherapist (retired) and Survivor. Former child protection social worker. Memoir writer (Cactus Tree Road: A Memoir of Hurt, Hope & Healing, as yet unpublished). NO DMs!
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The Ghost Who Guides Me
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#DayoftheDead #Anxiety #Overscheduling #Grandmothers #Mentalhealth #PTSD
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#DayoftheDead #Anxiety #Overscheduling #Grandmothers #Mentalhealth #PTSD
The Ghost Who Guides Me
Revisiting my tendency to over-schedule and multi-task
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October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The Ghost Who Guides Me
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#DayoftheDead #Anxiety #Overscheduling #Grandmothers #Mentalhealth #PTSD
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#DayoftheDead #Anxiety #Overscheduling #Grandmothers #Mentalhealth #PTSD
The Multi-Tasking Mouse
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#calm #mindfulness #doonethingatatime #multitask
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#calm #mindfulness #doonethingatatime #multitask
The Plight of the Multi-tasking Mouse
What I Learned from Mickey
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October 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The Multi-Tasking Mouse
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#calm #mindfulness #doonethingatatime #multitask
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#calm #mindfulness #doonethingatatime #multitask
The Cost of Silence – Part 2, by @giannipov
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#childhoodtrauma #mentalhealth #healing #PTSD #CPTSD
#hope
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#childhoodtrauma #mentalhealth #healing #PTSD #CPTSD
#hope
The Cost of Silence – Part 2
Daily Inspiration
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September 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Cost of Silence – Part 2, by @giannipov
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#childhoodtrauma #mentalhealth #healing #PTSD #CPTSD
#hope
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#childhoodtrauma #mentalhealth #healing #PTSD #CPTSD
#hope
Can You Hear Me Now?
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#humor #mothers #duh #cellphones #landlines #change
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#humor #mothers #duh #cellphones #landlines #change
Can You Hear Me Now?
My Mother, age 97, Gets a Cell Phone
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August 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Can You Hear Me Now?
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#humor #mothers #duh #cellphones #landlines #change
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#humor #mothers #duh #cellphones #landlines #change
A Date with Destiny open.substack.com/pub/deanneam...
#Fate #Destiny #Timing #Pause #Innerguidance #Patience
#Fate #Destiny #Timing #Pause #Innerguidance #Patience
A Date with Destiny
The Timing Isn't Always Up to Me
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July 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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#Fate #Destiny #Timing #Pause #Innerguidance #Patience
#Fate #Destiny #Timing #Pause #Innerguidance #Patience
An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files
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July 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
If the President is a Pedophile... open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
I wish there was a way to share this article without also sharing the faces of these two monsters. I think it's important enough to share anyway, however.
Just one editorial comment: "IF?"
I wish there was a way to share this article without also sharing the faces of these two monsters. I think it's important enough to share anyway, however.
Just one editorial comment: "IF?"
If the President is a Pedophile...
An open letter to Republican Voters, Trump Supporters, White Evangelicals, and MAGA Faithful,
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July 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If the President is a Pedophile... open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...
I wish there was a way to share this article without also sharing the faces of these two monsters. I think it's important enough to share anyway, however.
Just one editorial comment: "IF?"
I wish there was a way to share this article without also sharing the faces of these two monsters. I think it's important enough to share anyway, however.
Just one editorial comment: "IF?"
Part 3: A Second Chance substack.com/@deanneames/...
#memoir #grief #writing #mentalhealth #trauma #beginagain #secondchance
#memoir #grief #writing #mentalhealth #trauma #beginagain #secondchance
Part 3: A Second Chance
At Writing
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July 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Part 3: A Second Chance substack.com/@deanneames/...
#memoir #grief #writing #mentalhealth #trauma #beginagain #secondchance
#memoir #grief #writing #mentalhealth #trauma #beginagain #secondchance
The Journey of a Thousand Words...
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Deanne Ames on Mills' Musings
I resonate with so much of this, especially "...And I can assure you, every step has been uncomfortable," and "Writing a novel is easy compared to writing a cover letter."
Ain't it the truth! I can ha...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The Journey of a Thousand Words...
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A Second Chance - Part 2
#memoir #relationships #PTSD #C-PTSD #writing #sober #sobriety #secondchances #writersandwriting #mendingmyheart
A Second Chance - Part 2
#memoir #relationships #PTSD #C-PTSD #writing #sober #sobriety #secondchances #writersandwriting #mendingmyheart
Deanne Ames on Substack
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July 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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A Second Chance - Part 2
#memoir #relationships #PTSD #C-PTSD #writing #sober #sobriety #secondchances #writersandwriting #mendingmyheart
A Second Chance - Part 2
#memoir #relationships #PTSD #C-PTSD #writing #sober #sobriety #secondchances #writersandwriting #mendingmyheart
A Second Chance open.substack.com/pub/deanneam...
#memoir #career #psychotherapy #booksky #mentalhealth #PTSD #C-PTSD
#memoir #career #psychotherapy #booksky #mentalhealth #PTSD #C-PTSD
A Second Chance
At bringing my heart to work
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July 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Good reminders! Thanks, Jude Manickam!
Good reminders! Thanks, Jude Manickam!
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Hack away!
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June 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Good reminders! Thanks, Jude Manickam!
Good reminders! Thanks, Jude Manickam!