Most of us were raised being punished. If we did something “bad,” we were sent to time out, grounded, privileges revoked, lectured, and sometimes even shamed. In adulthood, we carry this pattern with us. Anytime we do something “bad,” we punish ourselves....
I think we go through multiple phases in our life where everything we’ve ever known gets ripped out from under us. Either forcibly by others or the Universe, or by the own choices we make for ourselves. Every time we break, we have to rebuild. The death and...
For the longest time, emotions were all consuming. They would swoop in and take over, leaving little to no room to breathe. I remember the days I couldn't get out of bed, where whatever I was feeling in that moment was too overwhelming. A lot has shifted since then,...