Dear Insecurity, I Wish You Well.
I hope that we will meet again under better circumstances, when the light of love has filled us both, when we can transcend the misery we created when neither of us knew any better.
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pain
Clean and Sober: Getting Closer to My Truest Self Through Recovery.
Simply sitting with emotional pain and the urge to 'use' is the single toughest part of continued recovery for any type of addict.
Pain Is Answered Prayers.
We go to our failed relationships and our broken marriages to feel the pain... Then we cry the never-released tears, we vent the repressed rage, we honor our deepest fears, and give voice to all our hidden shames, because therein lies every answer you will ever need.
For All of Those Who Are like Me.
Your fears and your pain are relevant... Self-love can be the most painful journey, but it is also the most worthwhile. For wherever you go, there you are.
Let Go of Your Checklist, Let Love Find You.
Tall doesn’t equate to trust. Charming doesn’t equate to honest. A good job doesn’t equate to a good life. All of these things sound great in theory, but I’ve learned that the more I know, the less I realize I actually know.
The External Report Card on Our Inner Healing.
I spent this past year working on each and every area of my report card from the deep place of knowing that "Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know." (Pema Chödrön)
Lessons from the Briar Patch: Things I Learned from My Magical Omi.
The people in my life who are willing to enter the briar patch are the ones I trust the most. It’s not that they will never cause me pain, but that my voice telling them about my pain will never fall on deaf ears.
This Is Why You Are Magic.
You are magic and it is you. It’s in the flick of your wrists when you’re getting ready to flail your arms in submission.
I Trust You: An Apology Letter to My Heart.
Ours was the home friends gravitated to. Where the door was always open and some homemade delicious meal to feed an army was baking in the oven. It was a place in which it was impossible not to feel a heart full of love and peace.
What Story Does Your Pain Tell About You?
Finding our way back to the source of our pain requires patience, introspection and self-compassion. It requires us to step out of our head and into our heart.