i have been so externally focused for most of my life … i thought it was my job to regulate my parents’ wildly fluctuating emotions and moods as a child. when i (inevitably) failed to stop their dysfunction, i blamed myself. this hypervigilance and self-blaming and shaming became ingrained and followed me into adulthood. yesterday… Continue reading rejection
Tag: consciousness
boundaries
When i set boundaries i feel better about myself. When i express my authentic needs, thoughts, and feelings and request that others respect them, i serve myself and i grow my own confidence. Throughout my life, i have let go of unhealthy relationships. In the past i had a pattern of “taking pity” on certain… Continue reading boundaries
I am healing
I have gotten or I am getting to the root. Sometimes it feels worse than being unconscious. But I trust it. I trust my own wisdom and my body’s wisdom about healing and my future. I see and feel my future self. She is wise, grounded, compassionate, non-reactive. She is unbothered and when a trigger… Continue reading I am healing
Today healing looks like…
coming home after a long day of working and Momming and – instead of going for the salty snacks and glass of red wine I crave in times of exhaustion and stress – heading to my Zen Den to stretch, journal, meditate, and post here. Of course, instead of celebrating this small victory, the alter… Continue reading Today healing looks like…
Healing in Plain Sight 