Sometimes Love is Not Enough
The day following Thanksgiving is National Day of Listening, created by StoryCorps. My thoughts went to how I have not Heard as well as I wanted to the pain my tween has been experiencing. I’d like to share with you my thoughts on what a lack of Awareness and Listening can lead to. To borrow […]
Safety of Presence
. The atmosphere in my home lately could best be described as borderline insanity. Motives are never as simple as we believe, no matter our backstory, how old, or who we are. There’s always more to Understand. For example, the atmosphere in my home lately could best be described as borderline insanity. What appeared to […]
Expectations Are Not Facts
In the past, inappropriate expectations convinced me I was NOT enough and life was colorless. Understanding the difference between “associations” and “triggers” has provided me with this healing Understanding: Expectations are NOT facts. To the best of my understanding, if I am NOT Aware when a reminder of a past upsetting event is presented (even […]
Unbound Awareness
. Do you ever *wish* you could say what you are feeling or thinking but with words that genuinely describe how YOU think, feel, and believe? Self-expression, Sharing, and Public Speaking can tap into my old friend, Anxiety IF I allow it. Why? My child-self holds the belief she is not worthy of being heard […]
It’s Not About Me
The passing of my husband left me abruptly awake to the future risks and challenges I would face in financial, social, emotional, psychological, and physical areas of life while raising my grandson alone. That wasn’t my only wake-up call. What I didn’t expect was the very recent Awareness that my life after trauma path, Becoming […]