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Ghost Wallet
A poem about emotional adaptation, inherited silence, and the cost of learning to survive by disappearing into yourself.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
May 133 min read
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Historical Gaslighting of Emotional Experience
They say therapy is about healing.
But for many of us, it starts with being seen—
Before we even know how to name what we’re carrying.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
May 112 min read
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Historical Injury & The Anxiety of Defiance
Some emotions do not begin with us. They arrive before language—felt in the body, passed down through blood, held in silence. To feel is not to fail. To feel is to remember, and to remember is to reclaim.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
May 45 min read
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The Wheel Is How I Feel
Sometimes we are taught to manage emotions, but not to understand or express them. "The Wheel Is How I Feel" is a spoken word piece...
Natasha Charles McQueen
Apr 282 min read
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Forged in Ash and Iron
Stillness is often mistaken for weakness. But there is a kind of quiet forged by generations of survival, resilience, and fierce...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 251 min read
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Fire Carved My Name
"I am not what the world made—I am what the fire refused to break." This is not a story of survival by grace. It is survival by fire....

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 251 min read
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Bearing Witness — To Lean In
I lean in — steady, deliberate, like an offering — not to catch you, not to hold steady, but to witness the exact moment your voice dares...

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 252 min read
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I Am Nigredo
A poem in the voice of Nigredo — the first stage of transformation. Not a fall, but the necessary collapse before anything true can begin.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 231 min read
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🌊 The Salt and the Seed
So now I walk the shifting sand,
Not needing map or guiding hand.
The sea still calls, but I am free
Both salt and seed have made me—me.

Natasha Charles McQueen, Ph.D.
Apr 101 min read
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AFTER
Dreams don’t shatter like glass; they crumble like old paper, soft at the edges, fading where your fingers pressed too hard. The heart...
Natasha Charles McQueen
May 18, 20241 min read
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THE GENTLE ART
Conversations deep and light, Hold an art both calm and bright. A gentle touch, a subtle grace, That navigates through time and space....
Natasha Charles McQueen
May 18, 20241 min read
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Dreamer: Life, Love, and Pursuing Passion
An intimate reflection on living with vision in a world that often demands realism. Prologue: To Be a Dreamer Some people are born with...
Natasha Charles McQueen
Apr 16, 20233 min read
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