Tag: Peace
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The Weight of Wonder
Two nights before leaving for the Pacific Northwest, I find myself surrounded by wrinkled itinerary pages, hiking gear, and a dream I’ve carried for nearly half my life. What begins as a story about planning slowly becomes something much deeper: learning that simply standing in the place you’ve longed for can matter more than finishing…
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The Things Beneath the Thing
Lately I’ve been reminded that trauma rarely lives in one moment. It weaves itself through years of experiences, attaching itself to people, words, memories, and feelings we don’t even realize are connected. This week, my brain decided it was finally time to show me a few of those connections, and as uncomfortable as that was,…
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241 Days Later
For so much of the last week, I have been focused on what felt broken. The Body Dysmorphia. The RSD. The exhaustion. The darkness that likes to lurk in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to convince me that I am weaker than I really am. Monday reminded me that while those things may always…
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Loved Anyway
After several days spent battling Body Dysmorphia, RSD, exhaustion, guilt, and self-doubt, I walked into my first confession expecting to leave feeling lighter. That isn’t exactly what happened. What I found instead was something I wasn’t looking for: reminders that even in the middle of my mess, my mistakes, and my struggles, people kept showing…
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Capturing Inner Truths Through Art and Reflection
One day, I was perusing reels and came across one that used an AI prompt….Lord knows these things usually turn out ridiculous on their best days, but I decided, why not? This is what it provided me, and when I asked it why it chose this particular image, I felt the description was quite accurate,…
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2025: The Year I Learned How to Live Inside Myself
In February, my body crossed a line I didn’t know how to prepare for. Surgical menopause didn’t arrive as a single event; it arrived as a reckoning, layered with a complexity no one had fully warned me about. Looking back now, I realize I’d been moving through perimenopause for years, unknowingly carrying its subtle shifts,…
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Guided Session-Take 1
During our second Live Training Session (LTS), the Course Facilitator (CF) passionately emphasized the importance of taking just five minutes before each client session to ground ourselves. This practice is crucial! It allows us to settle our energy into a neutral space, preparing us in a calm, centered manner. Those first few seconds—just 3 to…
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“What do I enjoy most about writing?”
Writing has been a way to express what my mind thinks and feels but cannot articulate. I often say that I could’ve written a few novels with elaborate thoughts, visions, and situational breakdowns that my mind goes through daily. Collectively, it could be a best-seller, and that would be where my “final break” comes from.…
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“Describe one habit that brings you joy.”
Considering this writing prompt, which surprisingly caught my attention despite my initial hesitation toward these writing exercises, I’m intrigued by how simple questions can unveil the complexities of our thinking. These prompts, though straightforward, reveal holes in my ability to think of the most basic things when I am caught off guard. I decided that…
