This morning I woke with a pain in my back. Not a terrible pain, just a niggling, gripping one that appears when I change position. My instinct was to get painkillers. But then I thought: No. There’s obviously something broken here, and if I numb it I might damage it …
We numb ourselves to the things we fear, and what we fear is most often emotional pain. Due to recent life experiences I have had to face up to my fears. It took help, and courage, and an openness to stop numbing the sensation and really try to feel the …
I’ve written a new poem. Not very metaphorical, but it relates to something I’ve talked about before and before. So here it is.
Some days, I feel like I’m looking for an excuse to self-destruct. People go off the wagon, drink to excess, hide themselves away from the world, snap at everyone around them until there’s nobody left to care. And there are times when I feel all that’s holding me back from …
Most of us have experienced being on the edge of joy only to be overcome by vulnerability and thrown into fear. Until we can tolerate vulnerability and transform it into gratitude, intense feelings of love will often bring up the fear of loss. If I had to sum up what …
