# Beautiful Things Grow Here Writer and certified trauma-informed coach with training in somatic therapy, sharing personal essays, poems, and gentle tools focused on childhood trauma, nervous system regulation, and embodied healing. Page: Feed: --- ## [Poetic Remedy No. 14](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/poetic-remedy-no-14) _2026-08-11 · Debra King_ You were never in the wrong place. You just hadn't found your way home yet. A poetic remedy on belonging, healing, and finally letting yourself land. ## [A Home Nobody Can Steal](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/a-home-nobody-can-steal) _2026-07-30 · Debra King_ I was kidnapped twice by my mother. But this isn’t an essay about the days I was gone—it’s about what came afterwards. A story on hypervigilance, learning to trust safety, and finding peace in the body. ## [3,000 Subscribers Later: A Letter to the Readers Who Changed Everything](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/3000-subscribers-later-a-letter-to) _2026-07-24 · Debra King_ Yesterday, Beautiful Things Grow Here reached 3,000 subscribers. This isn't really a post about a number. It's about what happened after I pressed publish for the first time, convinced nobody would read a word. Thank you for making this little corner of the internet feel like home. 💙 ## [The Healing Garden Shop & Resources](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/the-healing-garden-shop-and-resources) _2026-07-18 · Debra King_ I’m so glad you found your way here. ## [Poetic Remedy No. 13](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/poetic-remedy-no-13) _2026-07-15 · Debra King_ Sometimes the hardest part of building a peaceful life is actually allowing yourself to live in it. ## [Tending the Soil — Lesson 3](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/tending-the-soil-lesson-three) _2026-07-10 · Debra King_ The way we finish a writing session matters just as much as the way we begin. Lesson Three of Tending the Soil is live for the paid community. ## [Tending the Soil — Lesson 2](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/tending-the-soil-lesson-2) _2026-07-04 · Debra King_ You don’t have to dive into the whole horror story all at once. Lesson Two of Tending the Soil is about a structured, safe way to write about the hard things. ## [Poetic Remedy No. 12](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/poetic-remedy-no-12) _2026-06-30 · Debra King_ For the ones who became the parent they always needed. ## [Tending the Soil — Lesson 1](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/tending-the-soil-lesson-1) _2026-06-27_ Part 1 of my new anxiety journaling series is live. If you’re tired of your notebook becoming another place to overthink and spiral, let’s change where you begin. ## [Welcome to Tending the Soil - A trauma-informed writing course for anxious days](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/welcome-to-tending-the-soil-a-trauma) _2026-06-25 · Debra King_ Most writing advice assumes you're starting from a calm place. But what happens when your nervous system is already in survival mode before you even pick up a pen? Welcome to Tending the Soil, the first course inside The Healing Garden. ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZANDdIw4Oi23) _2026-06-25 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [Poetic Remedy No. 11](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/poetic-remedy-no-11) _2026-06-22 · Debra King_ For the ones who are everybody's person but nobody has ever really been theirs. ## [Big Shop News: The First Three "Poetic Remedy" Prints Are Live! 🌟](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/big-shop-news-the-first-three-poetic) _2026-06-16 · Debra King_ A gentle space for your nervous system, invisible struggles, and inner child healing. ## [Why Saying No Feels So Hard After Childhood Trauma](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/why-saying-no-feels-so-hard-after) _2026-06-09 · Debra King_ I spent years believing keeping other people happy was my responsibility. I'm still learning it isn't. ## [Poetic Remedy No. 10](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/poetic-remedy-no-10) _2026-06-04 · Debra King_ On the exhaustion of chasing people who aren't looking for you, and the freedom of finally walking away. ## [From The Healing Room to The Healing Garden](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/from-the-healing-room-to-the-healing) _2026-05-31 · Debra King_ Learn how to write about trauma safely without shutting down. Step inside The Healing Garden for somatic writing prompts, therapeutic poetry, and nervous system care. ## [Poetic Remedy No. 9 — for the ones who hold it together all day and fall apart at night](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/poetic-remedy-no-9-for-the-ones-who) _2026-05-26 · Debra King_ The ones who hold the world steady all day long, only to face the heavy silence when the lights go out. ## [What Growing Up Around Anger Does to the Nervous System](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/what-growing-up-around-anger-does) _2026-05-21 · Debra King_ A personal essay about childhood trauma, emotional abuse, nervous system triggers, and the way the body remembers painful experiences long after childhood ends. ## [Poetic Remedy No. 8 — for the one who mistakes survival for living](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/poetic-remedy-no-8-for-the-one-who) _2026-05-12 · Debra King_ You got used to enduring things that should have stopped you. It is time to come back to yourself. Read the full remedy. ## [The Invisible Weight of a Chronic Illness Flare (And the Loneliness That Follows)](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/the-invisible-weight-of-a-chronic) _2026-05-11 · Debra King_ I have lived inside a body with chronic pain for over twenty-five years. ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sUKDEJfaZZP0) _2026-05-11 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [Poetic Remedy No. 7 — For the Ones Who Are Tired of Being Strong](https://beautifulthingsgrowhere.substack.com/p/poetic-remedy-no-7-for-the-ones-who) _2026-04-28 · Debra King_ A poetic remedy for the ones who have spent a lifetime surviving and know that being called strong doesn't always feel like a compliment.