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re: lessons on love, and everything else I’ve Learned.
Love is a much a choice as it is a feeling (it took me years to learn this one. I am grateful to have learned it, though.) Not everything in love is about feeling good. Sometimes, it’s about not feeling good at all. Because, when we love openly and authentically, we make choices based on… Continue reading
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the disguise.
What are we so afraid of? Are we really so afraid to accept love from one another? Or to put the best of ourselves out there for others to see? What kind of sick, twisted entitled “armor” do we earn from refusing connection and joy at the door? The hardest part is that none of… Continue reading
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contemplating “the mystery of faith.”
I started going back to church on Easter Sunday. It’s been so long since I’ve voluntarily attended a Catholic mass, I all but forgot the order of events: the rites, the intercessions, and most of the words to the prayers. Admittedly, I’m not sure why I’m sitting down and standing up all the time (though… Continue reading
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unpopular opinion re: shadow work
There is nothing glamorous about doing shadow work. Today’s social media does a terrific job at pandering falsified pop-psychology. It also serves as a source of “trending” mental health and wellness ideologies, including doing “shadow work.” Internet personalities from social media influencers and business tycoons alike have been spotted carrying on about “doing the shadow… Continue reading
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peace, by piece.
“As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.” ― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma ~ I have learned… Continue reading
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how do we know?
We think we know enough, but do we really? I am beginning to learn that certainty is the death of personal evolution. How can we be certain at any moment that we’ve acquired all that there is to know about ourselves, our obstacles, our strengths and weaknesses? We have more scientific resources available than ever… Continue reading
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fear v. control.
It has been well established within the psychological realm that fear-based thinking and a need to feel in control are deeply intertwined. In the last few months, I have pondered a lot about fear-based thinking, and how that affects my decision-making. In particular, I have been feeling “stuck” about what to do next in my… Continue reading
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what i would say to you.
~ None of this is what it was supposed to be I wasn’t supposed to go through all of this alone Now I’m broken and defective, Working every day to repair what’s wrong with me It’s been a long hard journey to this side I suppose I should be proud But I feel like an… Continue reading
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living in defiance. 