Sometimes we find it so much easier to give love and compassion to others that we can’t even see the darkness inside of ourselves. As long as we are projecting outward, we don’t have to take a look inside. I’ve also learned that there is a strange comfort in the shadows…because we know them well. …
Pandemic Anxiety
As our nation begins to slowly reopen state by state, I’m noticing a new flavor of heightened anxiety within our society. I find it fascinating. There appear to be two distinct camps with varying shades in between. There’s the Return to Normal camp that holds the belief that we should be able to go anywhere …
Why This Feels Like Survival Mode
During this pandemic, there is no shortage of opinion or meme to convey what we should be doing with our time away from our daily grinds – for those of us who have the momentary pause, that is. Certainly, there are different impacts across the board. I saw a writing earlier by an unknown author …
Let’s Get Lit!
What do you want to put out in the world that you haven’t? What is it and why haven’t you finished or even started? This isn’t one of those feel good suggestions for self-improvement and personal growth during our period of unprecedented social isolation. Unless you want it to be. This is for all times. …
All of the Scary Scenarios
Friends, we are living through an historic event and unprecedented times in America and in the world. This is what a global pandemic looks like. It didn't sneak up on us. We enjoyed the comforts of our bubbles and watched the sickness wave over other countries for weeks from our living rooms, perhaps not believing …
Where the Magic Happens
What a wild week it has been. While it's bound to get worse before it gets better, perspective is everything in this season of a global pandemic. I believe this to be especially true of us in a first world country with all of our modern conveniences. That doesn't mean we aren't still susceptible to …
Catastrophizing
Why do we often plot out the worst case scenario in our minds? Something that hasn't happened yet and we are making up stories about how awful it could be. I caught this in action a few days ago reading a post in a private Facebook group. It went something along the lines of ,"My …
Perfectionism, The Dream Killer
I find myself facing perfectionist tendencies of late (yours and my own), so I think it's time we called them what they really are: dream killers. What is perfection, anyway? Google says it is "the condition, state, or quality of being free or as free as possible from all flaws and defects." My own definition …
Fear Conditioned
While it crossed my mind ever so briefly to reflect on the past year and decade of accomplishments, my first post of this new year is timed almost a full week in, and by now I hope you've done this fun exercise! I mean this with all sincerity. It's a meaningful process that one can …
Self-Care: Feeling is Healing
This week's topic landed in my lap yesterday. Literally. I keep a running list of subjects and drafts. Sometimes I have my topic picked a week or more in advance. I thought I had decided on this one until I friend shared a fantastic piece of work on Facebook about self-care by Brianna Wiest. My …
Sunny and Raw 