Betrayal in the ICU: My 20‑Year Relationship Crumbled While I Was Fighting for My Life

September 8, 2025September 9, 2025 Sumo Sized Ginger Motivation, Resource, Uncategorized betrayal, betrayal in the ICU, C-PTSD, character assassination, deconstructing a lie, desecration, Emotional Abuse, emotional betrayal during illness, gaslighting, healing journey, heartbreak, ICU, ICU betrayal, lying spouse, medical trauma story, moral injury, my story, narcissistic abuse, psychological manipulation, reclaiming narrative, reclaiming narrative after manipulation, relationship breakdown, relationship breakdown in hospital, separation, speaking truth, survival, survivor narrative, Toxic Partner, Trauma, Vulnerability

Raw first‑person account of betrayal during a life‑threatening ICU stay — survival, rage, and the fight to reclaim truth.

Finding My Voice After Betrayal: An Unfiltered Prologue to a Necessary War

September 5, 2025September 2, 2025 Sumo Sized Ginger Motivation, Resource, Support Indie Authors, Uncategorized #metoo, #Recovery, #Survival, author life, believe survivors, betrayal, breaking the silence, C-PTSD, coercive control, creative expression, creative nonfiction, creative recovery after manipulation, Emotional Abuse, emotional exorcism series, emotional resilience, Empowerment, finding your voice after betrayal, gaslighting, healing journey, healing process, identity after trauma, lived experience, memoir, Mental Health Awareness, narcissistic abuse, personal essay, personal narrative, personal narrative essay, post-traumatic growth, psychological manipulation, psychological trauma, rebuilding trust, reclaiming narrative after abuse, Self-Discovery, self-reclamation, speaking out, speaking truth to power, storytelling as healing, survivor story, Toxic relationships, Trauma, trauma bond, unfiltered truth, Vulnerability, writer's journey, writing, writing community, writing prompts, writing therapy, writing through trauma

Raw, unfiltered prologue to a betrayal survival series — lived truth, expert insight, and multimedia built for survivors and seekers of justice.

The jagged truth in the age of the perfect mirror

June 24, 2025June 24, 2025 Sumo Sized Ginger AI, Artificial Intelegence, Artificial Intelligence, Motivation, Musings, Resource, update AI, Artificial Intelligence, mental-health, philosophy, social-media

Introduction { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "CreativeWork", "name": "Philosophical and Scientific Underpinnings", "citation": [ { "@type": "CreativeWork", "name": "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bessel van der Kolk" }, "url": "https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score", "abstract": "Foundational text for the concept that psychological trauma is held physically … Continue reading The jagged truth in the age of the perfect mirror

Long Live the King: Video is Back!

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 Sumo Sized Ginger Fun, Motivation, update Audience engagement, author blog, author platform, best way to combine blog and youtube, Blog, blog and youtube intergration, blogging, bringing video back to my blog, content creation, content marketing, content strategy, digital marketing, grow your author platform with video, how to use video on your blog, is video better than blogging, life, marketing, online presence, should I post videos on my blog, subscribe, Sumo Sized Ginger, SumoSizedGinger, Support Indie Authors, SupportIndieAuthors, video, video content, vlogging, why I stopped posting videos on my blog, writing, youtube, youtube channel, youtube for authors, youtube for writers

Video is Still King (And It's Back on the Blog!) Hey everyone, I've got something a little different (but also comfortably familiar) for you today. I realized recently that I'd been limiting how I connect and express myself online. There was a time when I regularly shared my YouTube videos right here on the blog, … Continue reading Long Live the King: Video is Back!

Switching To A Plant Based Diet Day 10

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Sumo Sized Ginger #diet, Motivation, Musings, weight loss #ChooseLove, #coaching, #confidence, #diet, #gratitude, #Journey, #keephammering, #losingweight, #my600lblife, #selfimprovement, #Success, #weightloss, Branding, chia seeds, eating right, flexitarian, healthy eating, healthy eats, healthy foods, keep hammering, losing weight, meditation, Motivation, my 600 pound life, Obesity, plant based, Positive, Positivity, self improvement, Shameless self promotion, Sumo Sized Ginger, superfood, Support, SupportIndieAuthors, Weight loss

No, you didn't miss any posts. I have been focusing on getting my videos up on TikTok and YouTube, and I haven't posted them here. I think I am only going to post the videos here when I have something to add to the message of the video. Today is a perfect example. I wanted … Continue reading Switching To A Plant Based Diet Day 10

Switching To A Plant Based Diet Day 6

March 4, 2023 Sumo Sized Ginger #diet, Motivation, weight loss #ChooseLove, #coaching, #confidence, #diet, #gratitude, #Journey, #keephammering, #losingweight, #my600lblife, #selfimprovement, #Success, #weightloss, Branding, eating right, flexitarian, healthy eating, healthy eats, healthy foods, Helpful, Joseph R Long, losing weight, meditation, Motivation, my 600 pound life, Obesity, plant based, Positive, Positivity, Promoting, self improvement, Shameless self promotion, Sumo Sized Ginger, superfood, Weight loss

https://youtube.com/shorts/znlVYlsVKqo?feature=share No craving for meat today. I just couldn't resist last night because Popeye's Chicken Sandwiches are more addictive than crack. I feel like it was easy to get back on track because of the vegetables I eat. I tend to stick with starchy vegetables, because of the way they taste. I can't stand leafy … Continue reading Switching To A Plant Based Diet Day 6

Switching To A Plant Based Diet Day 5

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 Sumo Sized Ginger #diet, Motivation, weight loss #coaching, #confidence, #diet, #gratitude, #Journey, #keephammering, #losingweight, #my600lblife, #selfimprovement, #Success, #weightloss, Branding, chia seeds, eating right, flexitarian, Fossil, healthy eating, healthy eats, healthy foods, Joseph R Long, keep hammering, losing weight, meditation, Motivation, my 600 pound life, Obesity, perception, plant based, Positive, Positivity, Promoting, self improvement, Shameless self promotion, Sumo Sized Ginger, Weight loss

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Switching To A Plant Based Diet Day 4

March 2, 2023 Sumo Sized Ginger #diet, Motivation, weight loss #ChooseLove, #coaching, #confidence, #diet, #Fasting, #gratitude, #Journey, #keephammering, #losingweight, #my600lblife, #selfimprovement, #Success, #weightloss, Branding, chia seeds, eating right, flexitarian, healthy eating, healthy eats, healthy foods, Helpful, Joseph R Long, losing weight, Motivation, my 600 pound life, Obesity, outlook, perception, plant based, Positive, Positivity, Promoting, self improvement, Shameless self promotion, Sumo Sized Ginger, Weight loss

I had a wonderful piece written about how this diet wasn't so bad, but the ether ate it. Instead just know I did not crave a hamburger today. https://youtube.com/shorts/-3LhHzGuons?feature=share

The Apps I Use To Edit My Audiobook

February 11, 2023February 11, 2023 Sumo Sized Ginger Motivation, Support Indie Authors, Urban Punk #coaching, #confidence, #Journey, #keephammering, #selfimprovement, #Success, Audio book, Author, Author Resources, Authors, Book, books, Fantasy, Fiction, FREE, FREE BOOK, Free Books, how to, Joseph R Long, Motivation, My books, My musings, New Releases, NSFW, Play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Positive, Positivity, punk, Release, Resources, Riley Amos Westbook, Sara lynn westbrook, Shameless self promotion, Sumo Sized Ginger, Support Indie Authors, SupportIndieAuthors, urban, urban fantasy, Urban Punk

https://youtu.be/4DHX7MEOh4A I finally finished chapter 1 of Urban Punk. Took much longer than I expected, but that's because I was choosing images to include in the video. They were tough to come by. Pexels.com and Pixabay.com were instrumental for helping me get proper imagery. They're not just great for book covers, but awesome for quality … Continue reading The Apps I Use To Edit My Audiobook

Building confidence

December 16, 2022 Sumo Sized Ginger Motivation #break, #bulding, #coaching, #confidence, #diet, #Fasting, #gratitude, #Journey, #keephammering, #losingweight, #my600lblife, #sales, #selfimprovement, #Success, #weightloss, Motivation, Weight loss

So I'm a Quality Assurance Specialist at my job, a position I quite enjoy. I help my fellow sales agents communicate with the people we service. I've noticed that a lot of them lack confidence on the phone. I wanted to share what I've told them to increase their confidence on the phone, and I … Continue reading Building confidence

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