We will experience emotional pain countless times in our lives. You already have. I know I have, many times over. Unfortunately, most of us were not taught healthy ways to manage our pain when we were young, so we spend our lives struggling and fumbling through our...
When I was young, less than 10 years old, I visited my father in Switzerland. He took my sisters and me to an indoor public pool. I remember playing and jumping, and at some point I jumped and I didn't see someone and jumped on them. It could have been a kid or an...
I was probably around 11 or so when I started to feel immense shame around who I was. As you would imagine as I grew into a teenager, my memories are of being under constant assault by my peers and friends. It may not have been...
Busy! What is so bad about being busy? Can it ever be a good thing? Or is it always associated with manifesting stress and anxiety? The question really is, Has being busy become a culture for you? Or a status symbol? Meaning, does ‘busy’ make you feel worthy? That...
It's kinda poetic, the idea of being broken. Being broken allows us to behave in certain ways - generally ways that keep us small. Being broken becomes a badge of honor that we proudly carry along with us. It feels almost righteous, like we have earned it. Broken can...
I am pretty sure we have all felt dark thoughts at one point or another. Like you've wandered into a tunnel and can't see the light. It feels dark and lonely, almost like you're being swallowed up by the thoughts in your mind. I often say that sometimes my head is...
One of my biggest weaknesses in my life has been my inability to say I am sorry. Even today, I am in no way professing that I have mastered the art of apology or being able to recognize when an apology is needed. The art of saying sorry shifts from situation to...
Loneliness. Even the word is incredibly lonely. We ALL get lonely at times in our lives. We will ALL feel alone in the world at some point. I think it is one of the darkest places we can go in our mind and body is the darkness that loneliness can bring. It often...
I need to begin by saying this Mindful Monday may seem a bit abstract to some. It came from a place that may very well be a bit abstract in me. But bear with it, you never know what may land. There is a well, deep inside, that provides a reservoir of love and hope. ...
I believe that the deepest love we are meant to feel is for ourselves. I believe if we can cultivate a real, deep love for ourselves, we can develop a strength for change. We develop the capacity to forgive the unforgivable. We can change minds with love; we can...