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One of best things about Saturday is that I can give in – to the relentless insistence on love that is Operation Belly Stop. Every weekday morning as I head for the front door, Jack runs ahead of me and sprawls – cute spotted belly up – repeatedly – right in my path. I tell […]
“No mud, no lotus.” – Thich Nhat Hanh There are some gifts that come only out of the darkest times of deepest pain – like the lotus from the mud, the rainbow from the storm, the phoenix from the ashes. For some it is intuition so sharp it is like a superpower – for some […]
“We repeat what we don’t repair.” – Christine Langley-Obaugh A sad but hard truth. So often it is that we repeatedly find ourselves drawn into close relationships that parallel and repeat the patterns that hurt us growing up. Perhaps even more tragic is that we can also inadvertently step into patterns of treating others in […]
“There are wounds that never show in the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” – Laurell K. Hamilton The places that hurt – even if they are deep inside invisible to others – deserve to be acknowledged, held gently, and honored as valid. They don’t have to measure up to […]
Secure attachment. It is so much more difficult to form secure attachments in our adult relationships, if we did not have this as little ones. Lionhearts, we can repair this!! We can learn to look at our little selves (who went through whatever they did) with loving eyes. And by becoming our own most secure […]
“Love doesn’t hurt you. A person that doesn’t know how to love hurts you.” – Tony Gaskins, Jr When we grow up without secure attachment – without the consistent experience of being seen and heard and held and defended – we can get all mixed up about what love looks like and feels like. We […]
“I just checked out your video and it’s amazing. I learned so much. I’ll definitely recommend you to others who struggle!” – @thecptsdbrain I received this wonderful response on Instagram from @thecptsdbrain to watching the first video of the EMDR Readiness Course! I am so excited at her response!! There’s a link below to the […]
“And then one day I realised, I had scars in the shape of wings.” – S.C. Lourie As EMDR therapists, we talk about the “posttraumatic growth” we can see so often in our clients – that after the work is completed they become healthier and able to thrive beyond where they were before they experienced […]
Sharing this in case you need a warm fuzzy today . . . I absolutely love that this is Jack’s favorite pillow. I so often find him touching it while he’s sleeping. It’s so fitting. I’ve joked before that Jack has appointed himself in charge of making sure everyone feels “securely attached” in the household. […]
“Will I tell you that she lived happily ever after? I will not, for no one ever does. But there was happiness. And she did live.” – Stephen King There’s something about this that I really love. Maybe it’s the quiet hope in it. Healing from trauma doesn’t make everything smooth and perfect . . […]
