Healing

Happily chatting with friends over a glass of wine, she suddenly spots a familiar face a couple of tables away. He is still wearing a long ponytail. Same as 17 years ago. The only difference in his appearance is a couple of grey hairs. She quickly looks away, but it’s…

Three simple principles that can change your life — Being a highly anxious person is the worst. For me, anxiety means overthinking everything, trying to plan for any minor thing that could go wrong so I’ll be prepared for anything, and holding myself to expectations that I would never consider placing on someone I cared about. …

It might be over before it starts — I have had a hard time finishing this story. When I left you with my last story, I was to meet Mary for a lunch date. Well, what happened next shocked me into another world. I was so nervous the day I was supposed to meet Mary, I ended up…

How to Recognize Burnout — Burnout creeps up very slowly & inconspicuously. Here are 5 things that can be like warning signs to will help you understand if you are leading towards a stage of burnout. 1️⃣Trying to fix or heal people who have no desire to change themselves. 2️⃣Running all of your decisions past everyone else. 3️⃣Trying to control things that are not in your control. 4️⃣Ignoring messages from your body telling you to slow down.

Love Always Finds Its Way — I had a wonderful childhood. Playing in the woods with my siblings and friends, surrounded by flowers and animals, lying in the fragrant grass and staring at fluffy clouds in the sky. Every memory I can think back on now, was full of laughter and warmth. My family was whole…

Guilt. It appears in even the most mundane of places: The paper plate aisle. The dog kennel. The University bookstore where I told a white lie, so many years ago. Funny how it works, isn’t it? You’ll be going about your day, windows down, music blaring, then along comes a memory, a…

The more I study the trauma response, the more questions I have — This is a story about trauma, but more “trauma as a topic of study” than any overview of traumatic experiences. Still, if discussion of trauma is emotionally difficult for you, please only engage with this story according to your comfort level. As a note, an emotional response along the lines…

Rejection, Redirection, Acceptance, and finally, the Healing. The Rejection — is never being chosen. Painful empty jabs and depletion form from bleeding out my love for others that always goes unrequited. They say humans are prone to repeating patterns and emotional cycles. I never realized its truth until I was left alone…

It is the fountain of healing — “Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living. Talking is often a torment for me, and I need many days of silence to recover from the futility of words.” — Carl Jung When I was a kid, I thought it was awful to be…