It is important to remember that healing is a journey, a lifelong process. Wounds from the past can be triggered in unexpected ways. We use the word "trigger," meaning an event that evokes an experience from the past, summoning emotions such as shame, pain or anger. In this way the present can be distorted by the past. For example, current doubts about your worth -- or fears for your safety … [Read more...]
You gotta right to sing the blues
In a society that demands we "have a nice day" and keep up our perky smiles, what do you do if you just don’t feel that way on any given day? We all have down days -- times when nothing is going right, and we wonder if it ever will. It's important to normalize these down days when you only want to sing the blues. A variety of moods are essential to our human condition. Our feelings ebb … [Read more...]
Going it alone is no fun — expand your horizons
Wish you could see things from another perspective, breaking with your old habits? Those habits die hard -- yet they are uncomfortably familiar. Carl Jung once said, "There is no growth without pain." Perhaps that's why we're often afraid to grow -- it's painful. Makes sense, yet perhaps there is another way of coping with the growing pains that we all have to go through to face life’s … [Read more...]
Don’t keep your creativity bottled up
Just how well do you know the genie that lies within you? So many of us haven’t even begun to explore the wealth of creativity inside us, that's kept bottled up like a genie. Often it's because we are afraid to experience shame if we fail at something new -- so why try at all? This is such a harsh message we give ourselves. Be a little kinder, a little more encouraging to your inner self. Do … [Read more...]
New Year’s resolutions you can keep
Resolutions often are thought of as a good way to start the new year, but be honest now -- how many of them do you really keep? How do you feel when you don’t measure up, and how many of these resolutions simply go by the wayside with a shrug and the thought. "Oh well, I’ll try again next year"? Consider another approach. Say to yourself, "I am going to set myself a New Year's … [Read more...]
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