I could not figure out which of those lines to make the subject, so I decided on both. Please, hold your applause. I hope this finds you in a place where you can sort through this email and find solace. That is the point of me sending these monthly musings around topics that have left …
I am sitting in the corner chair of my living room with the window cracked open. It’s a gray day, so I have candles lit to create as much comfort for myself as I write about loneliness. I hope by the end of this blog, I have found clarity over what is a looming problem …
“The holidays are so challenging for us. Gradually over the years I have pulled away from many in my life. I now spend most of my time alone. I will be alone on Thanksgiving and Christmas again this year as I was last year and the year before. It is a lonely time. The trauma …
First, I want to express my gratitude that I am writing this to people who understand the need for a survival guide to get through the holidays. Second, I want to affirm those who have beautiful traditions and look forward to holidays. You building on old memories is beautiful! This time of year comes with …
One of the most sobering experiences I have had on social media has been finding people who connect with thoughts that are typically not safe to speak of. I have seen many share stories of extensive pain and be comforted by others who not only respect the bravery in what they have read but relate …
It takes a lot of work to unravel the part of us that feels apologetic. Those apologies can be as simple as needing help, and asking for it, or as deep as feeling like who we are is a burden. I want to share a couple things that I have discovered through this complicated healing …
We hear so much unnecessary instruction about what we are meant to do when we are hurting and attempting to heal. It’s not just the actual uninformed words we hear, but the rapid speed in which others say them. I wish others knew: To let go would be our greatest pleasure. To somehow hold the …
Over the past couple of weeks, I have watched social media feeds fight with one another for what is the right message that gives you the best results. I cannot relate to most of them. I enter social media daily with a desire to change the way we talk about the impacts of trauma. I …
I sat across from the staff psychologist at Love In Action, the most well known conversion therapy camp in the country, while he read a psychiatric evaluation he wrote from the forms I filled out. He followed up telling me that I did not register on the Meyers-Briggs assessment, and that scared him. He spoke …
The next group starts in May, 2022.