Living Inside The Vulnerable in the without and with the new “When it was up to you, you left it up to me.” Indigo Girls…
Use words with courage
Category: Mental Health
PTSD & Depression Mix & Match in DBT I was diagnosed with depression months ago. Not surprised. I’ve lost everything I’ve called home slowly and…
Sitting in awakening, Shadows call. Pulling myself back into the comfort Of the edge of darkness… Keeping company with everything once called home — and…
The text that lifted me again. Cycling down over and over again is exhausting. It’s taken months for me to see my patterns, what drives…
Vulnerability is a gift we give, not a weakness we feel.
Acknowledging that opposites can both be true is freeing. It’s a huge change in self-protection for many of us, especially those of us who have been taught to battle opposing views for our entire lives.
When we commit to living inside the vulnerable, we recognize our internal opposites and begin to accept the opposing views of others as also truth and non-threatening to our safety and security.
Because others don’t like us or agree with us, they pull us down turning their emotions back onto us as if we need to accept them.
Breathing is absolutely the most difficult task for me during a mental health crisis.
Happy Tuesday. Welcome to my weekly self-care check-in. This week’s reminders will be fairly short, but I’d like to leave you with a challenge. Quiet…
After more than eleven years walking this path, this is where it starts. The journey of mental health belongs to us all. Especially to parents who support children along their paths of wellness, mindfulness, and belonging in the great big world.