Taking Time To Heal

Taking Time To Heal

Whether you acknowledge it or not, there is something in your life that needs healing. We don’t live very long before our spirits are wounded by unkind remarks, unreasonable expectations, or traumas that reside in our bodies, ready to be triggered again by the...
Taking Time To Heal

Shifting from Trauma to Purpose

Stress and trauma constantly trick us into thinking they are temporary moments that we can ignore because eventually they’ll just “go away”.  They masquerade as a myriad of emotions that, at the time feel…well, normal.  They worm their way in to our nervous systems so...
Taking Time To Heal

Election Year Stress and Trauma

Feeling the election year stress yet?  Wanting to bury your head until it’s all over?  Don’t get me wrong. Stress can be great!  The right kind of physical stress keeps us alive.  Opposing muscle groups in our bodies stress and relax enabling us to breath, walk, bend,...
Taking Time To Heal

Stress, Trauma, and Religious Fundamentalism

I’m a big proponent of spirituality as the only thing that makes sense of religion.  Getting in touch with the core of who we are in our souls is, for me, the primary goal of a life well-lived.  One avenue most humans have used to access their spiritual lives has been...
Taking Time To Heal

True Grit

I have often wondered how I’ve survived some of my life’s experiences AND still want, more than anything else, to help others.  I recall my father on a number of occasions being truly worried that my upset, outbursts, or anger were the seeds of a serious mental...