The feelings are overwhelming. Buttons are pushed when least expected. Social media creates too much angst. People are angry, sad, feeling attacked or attacking, focused on who is right and who is wrong, comparing, contrasting. Everything is seen through a black and white lens, through the eyes of fear. Fear of change. Fear of no…

What is your relationship with yourself like? Do you beat yourself up? Do you judge yourself harshly? How do you talk to yourself? Do you spend time caring for you, loving you? The relationship we have with ourselves is the basis of every other relationship we have. Many of us ignore the relationship we have…

Brave. When that word is said what do you think about? Perhaps a soldier at war? Perhaps a police person in a difficult situation being brave? An everyday person stopping a would be criminal?  All brave circumstances and all brave people at that moment. How about people who each day wake up wishing they didn’t,…

What is your relationship with yourself like? Do you beat yourself up? Do you judge yourself harshly? How do you talk to yourself? Do you spend time caring for you, loving you? The relationship we have with ourselves is the basis of every other relationship we have. Many of us ignore the relationship we have…

Brave. When that word is said what do you think about? Perhaps a soldier at war? Perhaps a police person in a difficult situation being brave? An everyday person stopping a would be criminal?  All brave circumstances and all brave people at that moment. How about people who each day wake up wishing they didn’t,…

The moon shines so brightly on some evenings. No matter what phase it is in, there are days where you could dance in the moonbeam. It is a beacon across the dark and lonely sky, shining some light onto the ground to help you find your way. The moon is one of those bodies that…

The tears sprung to her eyes as she said hello. She shared how she has been so weepy lately, not sure what is bringing it all on. As she spoke, I could feel the lump in my throat and the tears in my eyes. I was glad to have sunglasses on to hide my watering…

Ugh! I don’t want to feel anymore. I think I may want to go through the rest of my life not feeling any emotions. Become more like some of the people I know who just ignore how they feel, push it down and ignore it. Is that an easier way to live? Perhaps, but then…