Tag Archives: healing
Get Up
i don’t care what you’re going through. i don’t care how bleak, uncertain, or down in the dumps you or your life feels. there is life after failure. there is life after perceived failures and disappointments. get up, sis. get … Continue reading
Breathe Through the Storm
When life feels overwhelming, come back to your breath. try this: breathe in for through your mouth with an elongated inhale, exhale out of the mouth, depleting the lungs fully. repeat this cycle a few times, imagining each exhale releasing … Continue reading
Silence
In Out of Solitude, priest and author Henri Nouwen writes, “Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.” Without intentional space, our creative pursuits may be hollowed … Continue reading
Beautiful Failure
There’s a big question that’s crucial to ask: Are you willing to face any feeling in your life? Most people are not willing to face painful feelings. And if you’re not, then fear can have a powerful hold over you. … Continue reading
Family Historian
I completely disagree with your answer to “Shared History”, who found 60-year-old letters from her deceased husband’s divorce lawyer regarding the husband’s first marriage and didn’t know whether to share those letters with the husband’s adult children. As a professional … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 