I never thought we’d fall. But now I can’t help but see the small, seemingly harmless ways we’ve given up our freedommanipulated to do what’s right, practical, and safe. I remember 9/11. Listening to the news on the radio. Numb.Certain it had to be a misunderstanding.It couldn’t happen here. I was a college student, wandering… Continue reading Fear and Freedom
We can actually be grateful for fear. Fear is an ancient survival tool, hardwired into us to keep us safe. It’s been looking out for us since the days of early humans when sticking with the group wasn’t just a preference—it was the difference between life and, well… being some predator’s lunch. Fear is a… Continue reading Thank You, Fear
Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash There have been times that I've found myself held hostage by my own thoughts. Beating myself up over past decisions, rethinking and ruminating over things I can't change, and paralyzed by my fear of the unknown. These are ways I've kept myself imprisoned within my own mind, a cruel confinement crafted from… Continue reading Breaking Free From Self-Imprisonment
https://www.instagram.com/tv/COIXqPPH5Lj/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Emotional exposure is terrifying. I can't be the only one that does everything in my power to attempt to control it? To refine, diminish, and play small in order to avoid potential pain In order to regulate vulnerability? Something wonderful comes into my life and I shrug my shoulders at it in mock 'mehness',… Continue reading Emotional Exposure
Often, however, we see our emotions as triggers and - instead of pausing to look under the hood and taking the opportunity to delve deeper - we become reactionary, defensive, and/or avoidant.
It is time to commit to asking for what I want, speaking my needs, and drawing clear boundaries while ignoring the distortions caused by fears, insecurities, and the stories that have held me back.
Friends, we're facing some trying times right now. Many of us are not sure how to feel or what to do. Additionally, we're questioning whether or not we're taking the current outbreak of Covid-19 serious enough or too seriously. First, we need to have a healthy respect for what is spreading across the globe. It's… Continue reading In This Together
We hold ourselves hostage in so many areas of our lives. Locking ourselves away in mental prisons. Prisons erected within our own minds, carefully built stone by stone from the wreckage of the failures of our past, the heavy stones of overwhelming anxiety that comes from the things we cannot change, and mortar of debilitation caused by the unknown.
Triggers are a tricky thing, my friend, and we seem to collect quite a bit of them over the course of living life. By the time we get through childhood, which I believe lasts well into most people's twenties, we've suffered wounding. Wounds, that when revisited, result in being triggered. Maybe you've been abandoned by… Continue reading Trigger Warning
Maybe I speak too boldly, assuming others suffer from the same debilitating fear that I do, but I don't think so... and if this resonates with you at all, friend, I invite you to let go with me. Let go of the fear, the worry, the anxiety and insecurity. Let go of the doubt, the uncertainty, the hesitation, and anything that holds you back and prevents you from grabbing hold off whatever it is you are afraid to grasp.
