Tag: growth

  • The Story I Used to Tell Myself about Love

    The Story I Used to Tell Myself about Love

    When I got married the first time, I had the kind of love that I thought I deserved. I thought it was the best I was ever going to get. I thought love was hard because my marriage was hard. I didn’t trust my husband or perhaps I didn’t trust myself. Love was painful. Love…

  • Healers Help Us Heal Ourselves

    No one can do the work for us. No one has all the answers and in fact, when we look to others instead of within for truth, we give our power away. No healer, teacher or therapist can “fix” us. Those who play these sacred roles for us are simply space holders, helping us learn…

  • This Question Changed My Life

    I was in a 5 year relationship with someone I deeply cared for. Our last year, things shifted. We grew distant. Our interests no longer aligned. The same conversations about change with nothing to come of it. Resentments grew as we found ourselves in routine and resignation. My heart began to whisper, “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶…

  • 100% Responsible

    When my marriage imploded it was all my “ex-husbands fault”. I blamed him for a long time for all the suffering in my life. He cheated. He lied. He broke our marriage vows in every possible way. The wounds incurred from that experience took me to the depths of darkness and depression. The story I…