Thoughts on the things that matter - grief, fear, shame, gratitude, and the messy, beautiful work of being human.
Gratitude isn't about pretending everything is fine. It is about finding something real to hold onto, even when the ground is shaking beneath you.
Fear tells you that you can't survive what's coming. You've survived everything that has come before. Fear is a liar, and your courage is the truth.
Shame tells you that you ARE the mistake. Guilt says you made one. Learning the difference changes everything.
Anger is what hurt puts on when it doesn't want to be seen. Find out where it lives in your body, sit with it long enough to hear what it's protecting, and let it go.
Shame, guilt, embarrassment and regret all live in you at a cellular level. Making amends is how you clean them out, and an apology is only the first step.
Someone is talking to you and you've drifted off. It isn't that they're boring. Come back. All we have is this moment, and nothing else is promised.
Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. It's a story you make up about how things will turn out. You can make up a different story, one with a good ending, and then live that story.