These are not easy movements, decisions, and paths to take. For me, it has come at great cost: not in all areas and in all ways, but areas and ways that mattered to me and caused deep pain and a deep sadness. It caused loneliness, despair, anger, depression, bewilderment, distress, crisis; and above all else: grief.
Read MoreI feel that I am just beginning this transition into the “second half” of life earlier than I expected. Yet, in finding that I have shed much of my identity that I developed in the “first half”, I’ve gone from the crisis phase to an embracing phase which is much more comforting.
Read MoreAt some point in our lives (and for most of us many points), we will be faced with incredible challenges, obstacles, and even tragedies that will shake us down to our very soul.
These indelible times in our lives are what we call trauma.
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