(written on May 11, 2018Badly needed, today) the last week has been a bit of an emotional storm for me….things pushing into corners that I haven’t looked in for a long time (if ever) and things that bring up new feelings. Complicated feelings, those you can’t describe with a word, or a sentence, or a …
Wow, it’s been a while. Hello. This post will explain a lot of why it has been so long. First of all, I had a health issue-which is fully resolved, thankfully. All of July and August were taken up with my first ambulance rides, my first ER visit where I didn’t walk in myself, an …
“Your ribcage is protecting your heart,” she said, as she skillfully worked the tension out of my back. I was having a massage, with a therapist that knows me well.“But it’s more than that,” she added. “It’s like…..BEARhugging your heart.” I have no idea what that means. But it brought me comfort. It’s very dark, and …
Autoimmune diseases refer to problems with the immune system, which usually fights off viruses, bacteria, and infection. The problem causes your immune cells to attack your body by mistake. These diseases can affect almost any part of the body. (NIH) The immune system gets confused. It attacks the one it is supposed to protect. When …
Autoimmune diseases refer to problems with the immune system, which usually fights off viruses, bacteria, and infection. The problem causes your immune cells to attack your body by mistake. These diseases can affect almost any part of the body. (NIH) The immune system gets confused. It attacks the one it is supposed to protect. When …
I\’ve taken countless writing workshops and classes where, when you say \”I don\’t know what to write about\”, the facilitator will say: \”write about THAT.\” Yeah. It sounds like annoying response, but here\’s the thing: IT WORKS. And I\’ve been thinking, for a while: there are all these things I WANT to write about-but I …
I was a therapist for a long time. I treated a lot of people with severe trauma histories. And every last one of them sat across from me at some point and said: \”Yeah, it was bad….but at least….\”\”my sister had it worse…\”\”I have seen so many other people go through harder stuff…\” Every. Single. …
I have sticky notes all over my journal, with ideas for posts. I have posts half-written in Word. I have so much I want to say. But I am just SO TIRED. SO triggered.So Empath-drained (yes, I just made that up)and my trauma brain is working overtime. with back up. I don\’t know if \”trauma …
I\’ve committed to writing every day. So here is a story for you. (note: I feel about 99 years old after writing this.) Online dating used to take a bit more work. See, back before smartphones or tablets or even everyone having a laptop…. we all had desktops (with dial-up internet). We could only be …
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[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, …
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