Why Your Standards Feel 'Too High' After Narcissistic Abuse (They're Not)
The Heart of The Soojz Project I started The Soojz Project because the path of recovery is often paved with a strange kind of guilt. We feel guilty for leaving, guilty for healing, and eventually, guilty for wanting better. After surviving an environment where your needs were a nuisance, the simple act of having a "standard" can feel like an act of war. This project is a documentation of that journey through three essential pillars: Sound: My album, Heavy Bamboo Rain , features the Daegeum (Korean bamboo flute) tuned to 528Hz —a frequency designed to help your nervous system feel safe enough to exist without apologizing. Insight: The deep dives here on Recovering Me , where we dismantle the lies that toxic people installed in our minds. Action: My coloring affirmations book, Speak Love to Yourself , which gives you a tactile way to practice self-care while reinforcing the truth: you are allowed to be "selective." Your standards are not "too high"; th...