Well over 20 years ago I applied to colleges with absolutely no idea how I would be able to afford to go. I applied anyway. And somehow, through a string of miracles – grants, scholarships, and loans just enough to meet what I needed and two truckers who helped drive me and my overheating Honda […]
Transformations Of Lionhearts
Lionhearts, so often the quality of our relationships as adults is shaped by our early attachment dynamics in childhood. When our earliest relationships weren’t protective or nurturing, it becomes hard to believe we are lovable and deserving of respect and security in our adult relationships. Despite “knowing better” and making concerted effort to choose […]
Focus On Your Future
“The strongest people are not those who hide their tears, but instead those who accept their tears as part of living, and feel them to the fullest. It is not those who shy away from hurting, it is those who keep going, despite the pain, that are the toughest characters.” -Tommy Cotton I use […]
Your Life Is Your Story
“Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.” -Susan Statham We don’t get to choose how our stories begin. There is a time though when we realize that we get to author what comes next for us. To do so, we often must engage in the courageous work of editing the past – […]
Be Her
“Be the woman you needed as a girl.” – Unknown Be the adult we needed as a child. Yes, of course to the children in our lives. But, also to the little ones, our younger selves, that are still inside of us – locked in the perception that it is still the past, not yet […]
Put Back Together By Her Own Hands
“She is a beautiful piece of broken pottery, put back together by her own hands. A critical world judges her cracks while missing the beauty of how she made herself whole again.” – JM Storm There can come a day in which we can see ourselves accurately, in which we can see the beauty in […]
The Miracle in EMDR Therapy
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo The miracle in EMDR therapy . . . that the past can finally be in the past.
Adaptations
“The habits you created to survive will no longer serve you when it’s time to thrive. Get out of survival mode. New habits, new life.” – Ebonee Davis I came across this quote and both nodded and cringed. In times of trauma, we often develop methods of coping that are the very best we can […]
It’s Tough for Every Single One of Us
“There are two types of people in life – people for whom life is hard, and then liars.” – Glennon Doyle So many of us are looking out at the world – and scrolling through our feeds – feeling deep down that we just don’t have the life others do. And we think it’s because […]
Just Because It Feels True
“The mountain is never as big as it appears. You’re never as small as you believe.” – Steve Marboli We can be so hijacked into believing something IS true because it FEELS true!! This is especially the case when we have a history of frightening or painful experiences. The reality based information often exists in […]