Category Archives: emotional healing
Why Emotional Pain Keeps Coming Back (when you thought you were healed)
How to stop feeling emotional pain, how to get over grief fast, how to bypass [...]
Is emotional pain forever changing you?
Your pain can be your greatest teacher if you’re willing to listen. Is emotional pain [...]
The Messy Path to Peace to Inner Peace
You see, about a decade ago, in my mid-40s, I was going through one of [...]
It Hurts Like Hell (surviving when everything falls apart)
So feel, with every fiber of your being. It’s not about comfort but about truly [...]
Does Grief Ever Go Away? What Stays
What Stays Grief doesn’t end. I kept waiting for it to. Kept thinking there was [...]
Grief in the Body (why movement feels impossible & why it matters)
Why Movement Is Both Impossible and Essential Grief doesn’t just happen in your mind or [...]
Sensation Vocabulary (because “fine” and “it hurts” aren’t enough)
Most of us have about three words for what we feel in our bodies: “fine,” [...]
Emotional Pain (when “sit with your feelings” feels impossible)
“Sit with your pain, be with it,” he said.I smiled, screaming inside:“You have no frickin’ [...]
Imposter Syndrome (the complete guide to feeling like a fraud while literally being qualified)
The Universal Secret Here’s something that’ll make you feel less alone: that person you admire, [...]
Resentment in Grief (when you’re angry at everything that still exists)
Grief makes you angry at stupid things. At people who still have what you lost. [...]
The Healing I Can Hold
Resilience At My Fingertips Back then, when the hard days felt endless, and even now [...]
Unspoken Connection (when silence speaks volumes)
Nothing Said, Everything Heard I stood there, frozen.He met my eyes and took my hand.That [...]
Why People Go Quiet When They’re Struggling (and what to do)
Alone but not Lonely: The Silent Strength Behind Private Pain In our digital age, we’re [...]
Your Brain on Breaking News (the psychology of doom-scrolling & if you need to stop)
Your Brain on Breaking News (should you stop this mainlining crisis) This morning, before your [...]
Self Care During Grief (when being kind to yourself feels impossible)
Embracing Self-Kindness in the Cold of Loss One thing I learned is that kindness towards [...]
Emotional Hunger (how to stop emotional eating & keep the sacred meals)
The Difference Between Eating With Emotion and Eating to Avoid It You’re making your grandmother’s [...]
Re-establishing a Compassionate Relationship with the Body (body awareness)
Regardless of your social or financial standings, without thinking about it, your heart is beating [...]
Grieving the Life You Thought You’d Have (when dreams die)
Someone told me I should be “finding happiness” three months after my loss. Like happiness [...]
Stranger’s Eyes (how to stop your inner critic from destroying you)
I wrote this in 2017, when I finally understood why I could look in the [...]
How to Let Go of Resentment When You Can’t (or won’t) Forgive
How to Let Go of Resentment (when forgiveness feels impossible) You’re lying in bed at [...]