I Surrender
I’m done with this processing business.
I’m done rehashing and reliving all the stuff that is now in the past.
I’m talking childhood crap, parental BS, unworthiness, not good enough-ness, low self-esteem nonsense, all of it. I’m done.
Empowerment
The Unseen Wounds of Poverty
When we talk about poverty we usually think of people lacking money.
But there many ways to be poor.
You can be financially poor – lack of money.
You can be emotionally poor – lack of love, lack of emotional support, lack of emotional safety.
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How And Why You Should Treat Your Life Like A Business
How And Why You Should Treat Your Life Like A Business: having a successful life is similar to having a successful business.
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All Hail the Pumpkin King!
All hail the pumpkin king! Last night my friend and I went to see “Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton” at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. I’m not a HUGE fan of Elfman or Burton, but the iconic films like Corpse Bride, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Big Fish, are certainly in my top ten.
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Walking Into Shadow
Walking into Shadow: Facing the shadowy parts of your life is hard. Especially if you’re like me and tend to close doors on painful feelings.
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Seeking Wisdom
A couple of friends mentioned that the kind of “recovery” I’m talking about, may not have an “end point” and is likely to be a lengthy journey.
Both of those points make me excited because it means that there are little restrictions on the form this process can take. It can become whatever is right for me.
Transitions: My 26th Birthday
20 minutes before the clock strikes 12, I read the post I wrote exactly one year ago.
I feel a sense of calm and peace with where I am today from where I was then and I’m pleasantly surprised by how much of what I wrote actually manifested.
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You are Beautiful!
Thank you to my dear friend for this wonderful reminder:
“It doesn’t make sense to call ourselves ugly, because we don’t really see ourselves.
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I’m in Recovery: Emotional Recovery
When I hear the word recovery, I usually think of people who are recovering from massive surgery or some kind of harmful addiction. The commonality between them is that the body requires some time of rest in order to fully heal from the physical trauma that has been inflicted.
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Thoughts on Failure
I started this blog 4 weeks ago, with the intention of writing two posts a week. I’ve written five, and one “post” was actually a quote by someone else.
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Practicing Love
While in college I was a very involved activist. Which means that I consistently caught myself thinking, “this is so obvious, why aren’t more people up in arms about (x)? Why aren’t the people I know more passionate about this problem like me?”