Life Has Been Asking Different Things of Me
Maybe that’s what faith really looks like. Not knowing exactly where the river leads, but believing it’s okay to enjoy the journey anyway.
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Did You Give Me the Fire Just to Show Me the Light?
Reflections on Surrender, Survival, and the Parts Of Ourselves We Lock Away Wendi Kehn/Hellbloom Haven (Also featured on Substack & Medium) Dec 03, 2025 I wrote a reaction piece about NF’s new song “FEAR” last week, and honestly?I haven’t been able to stop listening to it since.I’ve watched countless reactions to the video, played the song on…
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Forgiveness Is How I Took My Power Back
Not as a spiritual bypass, but as a reclamation of self, peace, and power, in your own time, in your own way. Wendi Kehn/Hellbloom Haven (Also featured on Substack & Medium) Dec 08, 2025 Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of Tik-Toks and posts from people who are angry, rightfully angry, at the way forgiveness…
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When the Story Shifts: Seeing Childhood Through Adult Eyes
How growing up reveals the cracks in the memories we were told to believe Wendi Kehn/Hellbloom Haven (Also featured on Substack & Medium) Dec 22, 2025 Section 1: When the Memory Shifts I was brushing my daughter’s hair when the memory came back. My daughter sat in front of me, humming softly, swaying a little…
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The Vessel
A Poem for the ones who hold the storm instead of unleashing it. Wendi Kehn/Hellbloom Haven (Also featured on Substack & Medium) Dec 31, 2025 The Vessel I do not cast my fire wide,I hold it burning deep inside.It climbs my chest, it shakes my frame,But I refuse to throw the flame. I let it…
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Hellbloom Haven: A Year of Becoming
Learning to See Myself Through Love, Not Survival Wendi Kehn/Hellbloom Haven (Also featured on Substack & Medium) Dec 31, 2025 One Year Ago One year ago, I was living out of my car, sleeping on friends’ couches and in spare rooms, aching with physical pain and heartbreak. I had lost my home earlier that year,…
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Kind, Not Weak: The Power of Compassion with Boundaries
Why staying soft in a cruel world is my rebellion, my healing, and my strength. Wendi Kehn/Hellbloom Haven (Also featured on Substack & Medium) Jan 01, 2026 Trigger Warning: This piece contains references to childhood abuse, domestic violence, trauma, suicidal ideation, eating disorders, and other forms of harm. Please take care while reading and pause…
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The Art of Starting Over: ADHD, Hobbies, and Finding Myself Again and Again
Reframing hobby-jumping not as failure, but as a cycle of curiosity, nervous system healing, and self-discovery. Wendi Kehn/Hellbloom Haven (Also featured on Substack & Medium) Jan 02, 2026 Section 1: The Cycle of Starting (and Stopping) Who in the imaginary crowd has spent buttloads of money on a new hobby or interest only to give…
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Don’t Let a Bad Moment Ruin a Good Day
Behind the Design Wendi Kehn/Hellbloom Haven (Also posted on Substack & Medium) Jan 02, 2026 Don’t Let a Bad Moment Ruin a Good DayA design from my first brand, and a philosophy I’m still learning to live by. This was one of the first graphics I ever created under my original brand, Heartlight Haven. When…
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Letting Go of the Illusion of Control: How Survival Taught Me to Surrender
Trusting God, Releasing Control, and Finding Light in the Hardest Seasons Wendi Kehn/Hellbloom Haven (Also posted on Substack & Medium) Jan 04, 2026 Letting Go of the Illusion of Control: How Survival Taught Me to Surrender I spent most of my life trying to control the uncontrollable. As a child, I felt everything too deeply….
