How Often do You Laugh?

How Often do You Laugh?

“I think one of my favorite feelings is laughing with someone and realizing halfway through how much you enjoy them and their existence.” @createthelove Life is really hard some days. Entire months and years can be hard. We all need to be able to bravely feel...
Healing Doesn’t Equal Forgiving

Healing Doesn’t Equal Forgiving

We are heal-able. Able to heal from stress, disappointments, and trauma. But healing from emotional trauma doesn’t just happen once for all time — it happens on a continuum over time. We have to keep at it. Consciously noticing letdowns and offenses as they arise, we...
A branch of myself needs pruning…

A branch of myself needs pruning…

Metaphorically speaking, there’s a part of me which needs to be trimmed off. A branch of my expanding tree-Self that needs pruning. So…I’m deliberately removing that bent branch. It’s requiring concerted effort! What is it? The not-so-good LISTENER part of myself....
How to Comfort a Hurting Heart

How to Comfort a Hurting Heart

Did someone you love misunderstood you, or hurt your feelings recently? How did you handle it? My tendency: stick up for myself, to “make” them understand me! But this usually leads to more conflict! Others of us tend to: snap back defensively, be sarcastic, give them...