Mira's Story

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Spiral

This is Mira’s story — part fiction, part reflection, wholly honest.(Each chapter will end with a note from her writing, signed as your trusted friend.) Mira's Story: The SpiralThe weekend was supposed to be a retreat. Instead, it turned into a reckoning. A small rental by the coast, nothing extravagant just a quiet, sun-drenched cabin… Continue reading Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Spiral

Shadow Seeker

Shadow Seeker: 5-Day Mini-Series

Self-Sabotage Day Two: Understanding Triggers Prompt: Identify triggers that tend to activate your self-sabotage tendencies. What emotions or situations typically precede acts of self-sabotage? Delve into the deeper emotions or beliefs fueling these reactions. As discussed yesterday, habits are the building blocks of our daily routines and behaviors. They offer valuable insights into our underlying… Continue reading Shadow Seeker: 5-Day Mini-Series

Happiness, Life, Love

Face the Bear

Katerina Plotnikova Friend relationships are difficult. They require work, whether picking up the phone to chat, planning and spending time together, or settling in to have the hard conversations… ...they require effort. Additionally, we all have triggers, pasts, and ‘imperfections.’ The closer you get to someone, my friend, the more likely these things will reveal… Continue reading Face the Bear

Happiness, Life

Trigger Warning

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