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 MoreFor a long time, it seemed like distraction was looked at negatively: it’s the thing to avoid aggressively, because it will tank your productivity and your vision for how you want your life to look like. But now it seems like more of us look to distraction in a positive light: it’s the thing that keeps us from having to deal with the difficulties life throws our way. It numbs our emotional state and makes us not feel the weight of pain, anxiety, grief, and other stressors.
Read MoreNo matter who you ask, you will find that the majority of society would say that they have at one point or another made mistakes, hurt others, or committed wrong acts that negatively affected another person in such a way that caused hurt, pain, suffering, trauma, a feeling of injustice or degradation. Because this is such a pervasive reality that occurs with human relationships on a macro and micro level; it is up to each and everyone of us to determine how we respond to such hurt when it happens to us.
Read MoreNo matter what the occasion is, we are faced with fundamental realities and glaring mysteries that give us pause and a time of self-reflection.
The mystery and wonder that is God is one of the most supremely asked and wondered questions we can pose as human beings trying to make sense of our own selves and the world around us.
Read MoreIt’s no surprise that many of us find inspiration and even wonder into the newness that a new year brings. The potential for greater things, for healing, for promotion, for wholeness, and for whatever else the heart desires… [but] there’s not necessarily a handbook on how to maximize the new year.
Read MoreNow, make no mistake, work ethic is important. Doing good quality work is vital. But work should not be the defining thing in our lives. We are meant to be so much more than our work and what we do. We are beings so beautifully creative, diverse, and talented; that just to be regulated and remembered for our work seems to fall short in the grand scheme of things.
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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