I used to only consider the things that happened to me in situations that were “beyond” my control as major set backs or disruptions, unconsiously personalizing the emotions that lead to me feeling like my entire world collapsing all around me. The truth was, my nervous system was so out of wack from my upbringingContinue reading “The Universe Has Its Own Software Updates”
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The Power Beyond Grief
I don’t ever remember while growing up being taught or guided on how to manage the emotional attributes of sadness & grief. I remember one time when I was about 8 years old my nana calling the house in hysterics to inform my mom that her father had fallen ill & was in the hospital.Continue reading “The Power Beyond Grief”
The Gift In Self(ish)Care
Sometimes you have to be selfish (YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY) for your own self care preservation, which normally goes against the nature of most people upbringing regardless of how you were raised. Im sure even the word SELFISH alone probably makes some, maybe even most people feel uncomfortable because of the negative connotation that surrounds it.Continue reading “The Gift In Self(ish)Care”
The Shame Of Weight
I grew up in a home where the scale for ones body weight was a solid fixture in the upstairs hallway. For years as a child I would watch my former weight obsessed mother step onto her throne that was her scale, hoping for a number that she could happily live with. This self abusiveContinue reading “The Shame Of Weight”
The Social Game Of Operator
Have you ever played that telephone game “Operator”, where you whisper a statement into the ear of the person standing next to you that is then reiterated throughout the entire circle until it comes back around to you? Most times, the sentence that was originally whispered will begin to take a shape of its ownContinue reading “The Social Game Of Operator”
The (UN)Mothers Of This Day
I was at the post office dropping off a parcel for a customer & the woman who always rings me up wished me a Happy Mothers day as we finished the transaction. I was walking away thanking her & quickly turned back around to ask if she herself was a mom, because truthfully you neverContinue reading “The (UN)Mothers Of This Day”
The Emotional Truth About Adoptees Grief & Invisible Loss
Being adopted, I’ve noticed in general we are hardly ever taught how to openly properly mourn & grieve our first greatest initial loss, that ends up dictating & effecting our entire emotional life afterwards. Human emotions are built in stages during infancy, childhood & adolescence registering & governing the emotional information into our adulthood. ThisContinue reading “The Emotional Truth About Adoptees Grief & Invisible Loss”
The Health Of Our Emotions
Emotions can have the tendency to make us ill when gone unmanaged, not putting it together with the physical body. Sometimes they can make one sick enough to physically change & alter the cellular movement of the body, generating illness out of the cause & effect of harmful mental emotional attributes that create havoc within theContinue reading “The Health Of Our Emotions”
How I Cut Half My Finger Off
Ive spent the last 46 years without my full right index finger due to a childhood accident I had before turning 5, having now only a half of a finger to point with. My family had just newly moved to our new home when my older brother & I unintentionally played a game that hadContinue reading “How I Cut Half My Finger Off”
The Archetype Of A Queen/King Bee
I can remember back when I was a kid once upon a time ago, being purposely left out of parties & group hangouts that every body else got the invite too. I was felt embarrassed to share the truth that I wasn’t invited when asked by the other girls who were going. It usually boils down to the one MEANContinue reading “The Archetype Of A Queen/King Bee”
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