Aug 27, 2023 | Expanding self-awareness, Featured Posts
It’s taken a long time for me to recognize that the challenging things that have happened (and continue to happen) in my life are designed for my benefit. For most of my life I could not see them as such, and only in this past decade have I been able to remember this... 
Aug 13, 2023 | Befriending sadness and grief, Healing, Love & Relationships
Recently I received an emotional blow, unexpected and surprising. For a few days (weeks) I was challenged to move through without the emotional bombardment of deep sadness and self ridicule. I opened myself up to someone in a way I haven’t in a long time, and in the... 
Jul 28, 2023 | Befriending sadness and grief, Healing
In her song, Dear Insecurity, Brandi Carlile sings “Dear insecurity, ah we meet again, don’t try to fight with me, you’re not really my friend, you take up half this bed, living rent free in my head, ah insecurity.” There is research that shows how resiliency is a... 
Jul 24, 2023 | Featured Posts, Healing, Love & Relationships
‘The version of yourself that you had to be in order to survive through something difficult, is not the version you can now be to move forward’. Healing is a complex process of time, acceptance, releasing, forgiveness (most often of ourselves), tending to your needs,... 
Jul 9, 2023 | Messy & Sloppy
Imagine this: you’re at a work meeting and someone spills their coffee. What happens? Typically a number of people jump into action and start frantically helping. The desire to act when something uncomfortable happens is enticing. Many of us crave having a role and...