Category Archives: emotional healing

Why You Can’t Stop Catastrophizing (and why you’re usually wrong)

We all love that old farmer story – you know, the one where everything that [...]

Your Body Knows You’re Stressed Before Your Brain Does

When Your Body Knows You’re Losing It Before You Do Last week I had a [...]

Parked (when your body won’t stop despite you)

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from performing okay-ness. Your coworker asks how [...]

What “Sit With Your Pain” Actually Means (and why it’s annoying but true)

Every time someone told me to “sit with my pain,” I wanted to scream. Sit [...]

How to Love Yourself When You Hate Yourself (why loving-kindness feels fake)

So there you are, saying “May I be happy” through gritted teeth, and inside, that [...]

Debris of Devotion (healing from spiritual manipulation)

I got caught in spiritual manipulation that messed with my mind. Here, I explore that [...]

Emotional Overwhelm (when your body forces you to stop & process)

I used to think downtime was for people who couldn’t handle real life.Then I hit [...]

Within to Without (writing poetry for emotional healing)

One of the most powerful ways I’ve learned to ‘sit with my feelings’ came through [...]

Why people avoiding talking about emotional pain and feelings?

Why is it so hard to talk about your feelings, especially the ones that feel [...]

When Six Years of Daily Practice Meets a Foot That Won’t Heal

When Six Years of Daily Practice Meets a Foot That Won’t Heal Three months ago, [...]

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When Being Emotionally Aware Becomes Another Full-Time Job

The Exhaustion of Having Your Shit Together There’s a specific kind of tired that comes [...]

Digging to Breathe (healing through gardening)

Some days I dig. I dig to breathe.There’s something about soil that brings me back [...]

Living in Denial (when you know the truth but can’t face it)

We’ve all been there – pretending everything’s fine when it’s not, building stories that make [...]

Nothing Like Wisdom (when healing gets ugly)

I used to think healing would at least feel like progress. That if I was [...]

Feeling Empty Inside (why forcing yourself makes it worse and what actually helps)

Let’s talk about emptiness. Not the Buddhist kind where you’ve transcended ego and found enlightenment. [...]

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