“Our work is to keep our hearts open in hell.” – Stephen Levine
Category: Blog
Cocoon
It’s been a hell of a year. I broke out into private practice and have been meandering through it, learning more and more about who I am and what I mean to myself. I’m no longer going at a breakneck speed to prove myself out of my trauma. I feel like I’m settling into a life I have worked so hard to gather and claim for myself. Before, I felt like I wasn’t allowed to have Anything, not even myself. I kept trying to make myself into something precious instead of accepting that I am.
I hope you cherish yourself. I hope you get more peace.
Slow Down and Catch Yourself
“Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.” – John De Paola
Janet A. Forelo
Master and Child
I consistently forget how to love myself
They never installed that software
And actively thwarted any attempts
Lest they lose control of me
Through self-awareness
self-kindness
And self-liberation
Black Pepper
Well, I am risen, bitches.
Weaponized Gratitude
who weaponize gratitude with
“you should be grateful…”
As if eustress (good stress) isn’t still STRESS
As if the pain that happens BECAUSE something matters, paradoxically, shouldn’t exist.
Ugly Therapy
Ugly Therapy means going all in with everything you fear is true about yourself.
Ugly, weak, stupid, worthless, unwanted, hopeless, pathetic…
Own it. Become it. What would it mean for you if it had no power over you?
What would you get? What would you get back? Who would you become?
Explore these questions in the dark with me, by a fire of our own creation.
Sometimes we can find much needed warmth in the bridges we burn.