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Showing Up Whole
It’s one thing to show up for yourself and deal with your past – heck showing up alone is half the fight. But showing up whole after being restored from your past, that’s a game changer I’ve been longing for. Showing up whole means accepting the things that I can’t change. Forgiving myself and others. …
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There Was Peace Waiting in My Past
Healing in real time feels foreign and a little awkward. Unpacking the avoidance was pretty emotional because let’s be honest – it was packed to be ignored. And even though I know I’m headed in the right direction it feels funny letting go of the weight I’ve been carrying all of this time. As uncomfortable as this…
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Your Past Is A Resource
It just seems ridiculous to survive our past and not build from it. I’m not saying I’ve had that perspective all of my life, not even most of my life – I wish. Some of us made it out when others didn’t. That alone is reason enough to build from it. It’s Working taught us…
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Past Me. Becoming Me.
I can remember when I dressed and lived for a version of myself who didn’t know her own power yet. The version who ‘no’ was weak as table butter.The version who allowed people to insert themselves into my space unsolicited. The version who carried emotional luggage that didn’t even belong to me. It’s interesting how…
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Forgiveness With Intention
God help me. The more I write the more emotional these posts get for me. The tears feel like grief, mourning of baggage. I’m okay with it. I told God that my purpose for completing this theme was for healing, and so far the journey has been just that. Acknowledgment of the weight, confronting my…
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You Can’t Heal What You Won’t Face
You can’t get to the sweet and juicy without peeling the rind first. The past is the rind. And most of us are walking around hungry because we won’t do the work to get through it. Sometimes surviving the past isn’t enough, and I don’t think the core of our being ever allows us to…