Are We Listening Yet?
The suicide epidemic falls, in part, on the act of not listening, since most of us shy away from suicide as a stigma or taboo.
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I Want to Live, and Run with All the Wild Horses of Our Tribe.
Tonight we will run with the wild horses of our tribe streaking across the twilight sky, calling out our names and demanding the night to release us.
How to Kill Your Inner Demons Without Harming Yourself.
What we typically perceive as self-sabotage is actually mystery helping us blow up this matrix and kill our inner demons and the power they have over us.
The Day I Tried to Kill Myself.
I finally let out the tears that I’d been holding back all day and hoped that the sound of running water would muffle my cries.
Dear Women, Please Do Whatever It Takes to Stay Open.
I have done ridiculous and radical things to stay open. Thrown food. Pushed. Slapped. Sobbed. Stuffed Twinkies in my mouth with a stranger at midnight.
8 Suggestions to Minimize Dangers for Ayahuasca Journeyers.
Ayahuasca is not for those trauma survivors who are so fragmented that they do not have a solid sense of self to return to.
My Mystic Journey From Loss to Living and Loving.
I couldn't see the light poking holes through my black state of mind. Chanting widens the holes until I can only see white, bright light streaming through the recesses of my mind.
Listen to the Lyrics.
Despite my loneliness, I’ve found camaraderie in characters of books, catharsis in the lyrics of all the sad songs, comfort in brushstrokes -- the brilliant way chiaroscuro makes the light in an oil painting come to life.
Between the Layers: Can Tenderness Exist Inside Violence?
Memories, once snarled, now lay sorted and stacked, their sharp edges softened and beginning to decay. Within these layers, resolutions have emerged.
The Day Came When I Was Grateful for My Depression.
I believe there is a reason for everything in our lives, the light and the dark. Whether it’s a choice or not, we experience things in our lives so we can become who we are meant to be. I urge you to be patient in these times. Love yourself unconditionally and find gratitude for anything and ...