Tag Archives: connection

grieving

When someone you love is grieving, what’s your instinct? Do you try to fix it, or can you sit with it? What would it look like to stop trying to make grief better and just make space for it to … Continue reading →

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Self Reflection

It feels like so much has happened this year, and not much at all. How have I evolved, what have I learned? What patterns do I keep repeating?  Which are generative, and which are not helpful at all?  What conversations … Continue reading →

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Embrace Connection

Everyone come over, get closer,be casual , stay late and talk aboutthings that matter, laugh and rollaround in ideas, silly jokesrepeated, kids barefoot, messy,nothing perfect.Be dramatic or quiet, eat andcook, dance and sleep.Do it every day or once a week.Rely … Continue reading →

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Connection

people want connection, but they don’t want to be inconvenienced by it. We say we’re lonely and that we want deeper relationships. But are we actually willing to do the work that connection requires? Or are we waiting for relationships to … Continue reading →

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Finding Joy in Grief

Grief is heavy. Many people describe it as carrying a backpack. But healing doesn’t come from pretending that backpack isn’t there, weighing us down. It comes from learning how to set it down, even briefly, and letting others help carry … Continue reading →

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