Ukraine, Tyranny and a Past the West Cannot Avoid.
Whatever will happen in Europe will affect us all in the West, not merely lighting up our amygdala with disturbing images.
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Love Isn’t Complicity With Racist/Sexist Systems.
When you see people out there getting MAD AF in 2020, don't shrink away, enlighten yourself enough to see it as the truest expression of unconditional love.
Feminine Longings, Masculine Drives: Unearthing Subtle Misunderstandings Leading to Relational Conflict.
So much intimacy and connectedness is possible in moments of conflict, but we miss these opportunities because we aren’t in touch with our deepest drives.
Name the ‘It’ That You Long For and Let the Rest Go.
I don’t want to carry my heart around like a burden anymore. I long for connection and compassion and partnership.
The Price of Proving Them All Wrong.
I had many situations in my life where my ego was way too big, and while angry, I did everything to verbally destroy them, and when I proved them wrong and they admitted it, I felt horrible. That's the funny thing about soothing our egos: it doesn't always feel good.
Withdrawing From The Troops Of My Own Torment.
There was a point in time, a while after I had suffered a trauma when I felt as if I had been placed into the water, sinking into the truth that I was not free from the processing of events that had laid bricks one by one upon my hands that I would extend out in belief like the spirit of a ...
When It Hurts: Surviving People, Life And Madness.
These people won’t tell you the truth no way, no how because they don’t trust you (and that’s because they know you can’t trust them) or because they have too much invested in the opposing perspective. They don’t want to understand you or make allowances or hear explanations.
What It Means To Be An Empath.
I have been an empath my whole life, but only really understood what it was, or that I was an empath, about four years ago. Not sure what an empath is or if you are one but you know something isn’t quite right and you don’t understand the emotional overwhelm? Feeling lonely or feeling like you ...
Denial. Deflection. Discredit.
I have been engaging over and over in a behavior that is destroying my peace of mind and creating an environment of conflict.