Sometimes…
Sometimes... Sometimes the darkness descends, the despair, the anxiety, the shame all the thoughts of should've, could've all the turns taken that presented you with a closed door, a solid wall. [...]
The Fear Factor: Who’s in charge – Reptile or Mammal?
The Fear Factor: Who's in charge - Reptile or Mammal? Today more than ever, world events and especially the media coverage of those events seem to mainline waves of fear directly [...]
It’s Time
It's Time It’s time sweetheart, Time to cast off your paupers clothes, Take off your stinking coat of inadequacy, of shame, of guilt Hand them to me and let’s watch them [...]
The Life Waiting for Us
The Life Waiting for Us As children we all had dreams and visions of what our lives would look like when we grew up. We were told that “The world is [...]
Depression: A distress signal from our soul?
Depression: A distress signal from our soul? What if your depression, your anxiety, your general not-okness, was not a sign that there’s something wrong with you, that you’re defective, bad or [...]
Why Positivity is Killing us
Why Positivity is Killing us “Positive thinking” is one of the holiest rules of the New Age/Self-help movement and simply stated is the belief that negativity is “bad” for you, that [...]
What if?
What if? What if there was nothing wrong with you? Nothing to be fixed, nothing to be improved upon? Just you with your history of your joys and your griefs, your [...]
Will I ever stop?
Will I ever stop? Oh, how I fool myself- endlessly caught up in the game of seeking, clinging, grasping, for certainty, proof, knowledge so that I can stand on solid ground, be [...]
A lesson from a “strong” single woman: Why working on yourself may not always work out….
A lesson from a “strong” single woman: Why working on yourself may not always work out.... For most of the last twenty years I have been an avid exponent of “self-development”- [...]
In the Swirl
In the Swirl In the swirl of anxiety, contracted fear, nausea in my stomach. Panic streams through me, Where to turn, looking for safety, for someone, anyone to help me Swirling, [...]
