it has been a good long time since I posted. So long, that I had to look up how to log in. I was aware I wasn\’t posting, but the state of mind/body/spirit I\’ve been in is built to protect us from overwhelm and trauma and burnout, so I wasn\’t completely aware. I\’ve just sort …
yes, it\’s okayif you\’ve hit your limitif you have little or no bandwidthyesit\’s okay that is where I am right now.note: this is not a post for pityI am not seeking attentionI feel like a wrung-out ragand I want to say it out loudfor meand alsofor anyone who should find thiswho has also hit their …
I laid on the table today, face down, while he worked out my fascia (which he called \”all twisted up\”–oh, is THAT why my back hurts??). It was just us in his office. He had to let his administrative person go, because the business is suffering in COVID-19. He took my temperature himself when I …
This week I posted on my Facebook page three metaphors to try to explain to people what it can be like to be Highly Sensitive, an Empath, and/or live with a trauma history. here is the post. First of all: This is a sharing of my own experience and what works for me. It may …
How to THRIVE as Highly Sensitive people, Empaths, and trauma survivors (or all three!) Read More »
A global pandemic is a trauma, on every level. Collective. Family. Community. Nation. Individual. It’s an unprecedented event, in our lifetime. And you may be having unprecedented feelings, moods, reactions, even physical sensations. You may feel:*anxious*depressed*agitated*listeless*unmotivated*vigilant*tired*achy*unable to sleep*irritable*guilty if you feel okay*scared if you feel okay These are all normal, for the current very ABNORMAL …
Yes, all that weird stuff you are feeling *could* be from the pandemic Read More »
I said in my last post that this pandemic, this global crisis, was easier in some ways because it was not new or crazy for me to feel anxious and unsafe much of the time. That\’s true. But what is also true is that in many ways, we trauma survivors may have it much harder …
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A dear friend texted me tonight. She had an experience that, well, unsettled her. And on top of feeling unsettled, she couldn\’t put her finger on why it did. Which was more…unsettling. And it wasn\’t anything earth-shattering, or really bad. Which made it more confusing, to her. She said things like: I don\’t know if …
I want to write a blog post. I started one earlier today. But I was writing it for….well, you (whoever may be reading this). Not *from* me. I have had an eventful, meaningful last two weeks: I went to Jen Pastiloff\’s retreat at Kriplau, which as always cracked me open in ways I didn\’t realize …
Recently, I was presenting at a conference. It was a conference of mostly folks who worked with ex-offenders coming from incarceration.the presentation was on vicarious (or secondary) trauma, and its relationship to self-care—and the importance of the latter to offset the former. I had a Power Point, I told some stories from my work, yadda, …
[Hey! Pssst! you reading this! Are you feeling overwhelmed or run down? did you know about my self-care group?PUTTING OURSELVES FIRST: CREATING SELF CARE An 4-week online offering starting April 2For class info, and to register, click here] I was fortunate enough to be able to attend Jen Pastiloff\’s workshop ON BEING HUMAN this weekend, …
The empath\’s backpack (or: whose shit are you carrying?) Read More »
