THE STORY OF YOUR ABANDONMENT
I want to tell you a story. This one's called abandonment. Abandonment is what many of us have experienced in our life at one time or another. Much of the world carries this wound somewhere in our psyches, in our bodies... Sometimes we try to hide it. But like all our wounds, this one cannot be hidden. It shows up in the most irrelevant of [...]
WHAT DOES HAPPINESS LOOK LIKE?
What does happiness look like? I want to know Does the sun always shine bright behind the clouds? What is behind the darkness that has settled over my heart? Is it temporary too...as they say all things are? What is temporary? I want to know. Is temporary measured in hours or days or years or seasons? Is it constant? Does it come and go as it pleases? When [...]
WE ARE THE HURT AND WOUNDED
We are the hurt and wounded... We carry our scars in our bellies and thighs, And in those downcast eyes, That hesitate to meet another's. We long for something. We search and find comfort in many places, All the wrong places, Disguised like all the right places. Filling our bellies with food, Our credit card with debt, Our homes full of stuff, Until we have stuffed [...]
I’M HERE TO REMEMBER AND RE-MEMBER
I wrote this poem a few years ago when I was doing a lot of personal healing work of my own and feeling very confused about my life purpose and why I was here. It speaks to what we are really here to do with our life. You might read and hear this poem in the voice of your children if you have them. You [...]
MY OWN LIFE PURPOSE & SHAME STORY
This is one of those hot off the "Post-Shower Press" stories! When inspiration and ideas come to me, I am famous in my family for running out of the shower (with my towel of course :)) dripping wet, scrambling to get words and thoughts on paper. I was thinking of all of you today and thought sharing my own life purpose "shame" story might inspire [...]
THE FATHER OF ALL REINVENTION STORY
Reinventing yourself and your life can be hard! Sometimes it can be terrifying to think of what or who you might be, if you no longer had the label or title that has shaped a part of your identity, and how you see yourself. I went through a period of shame and hiding when I left my corporate career a number of years ago. Suddenly [...]