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Jeff Brown is an author, bioenergetic therapist, enrealment activist and grounded spiritualist. One of his testimonials reads, “When I read his words, I get riled up in all the best possible ways.”
We are featuring Jeff’s words in this post because we want more of you to be aware of the “astute connoisseur of the soul.” You can follow him at and we recommend that you do.

This is a paraphrase of Jeff’s words:
The assumptive term 'victim mentality' has to go.
It’s just another way that a repressed culture shames and shuns woundedness.
We hear the terms “don’t be a cry-baby” and “leave the past behind you.”
It’s true. We can become imprisoned inside of our woundedness.
But the term “victim mentality” suggests otherwise. It suggests that a choice is being made to remain affixed to our wounds.
And how can we know that from the outside? We can’t.
Someone can certainly make that statement about themselves.
But we can’t make it about them.
Because we aren’t walking in their shoes.
We aren’t inside of their traumatic memories.
For all we know, they carry more trauma then we could ever imagine.
Perhaps they are the bravest and most hopeful person we have ever encountered.
Just to get up every day and believe, is a remarkable victory for many.
So be careful when you talk about someone’s ‘victim mentality’.
You may be talking about someone who has claimed a greater victory than you.