I Have Something Magical I Want to Share
When someone shares something of value with you, and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.
When someone shares something of value with you, and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.
I had realized all this holiday hullaballoo was a ploy to get us to buy stuff and it hurt me to play the part.
If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.
Every major holiday like Thanksgiving and Christmas, my body’s impulse is to shut down, disconnect, and cut out all pressure.
It has taken great effort and positive intentions to heal past wounds, un-learn negative conditioning, rewrite narratives, and resolve many, many conflicts.
Human bodies are amazing and self-regulating. We each have unique homeostasis that our bodies need to feel balanced and function optimally.
As human beings, we are constantly absorbing stimulation from all our senses (i.e. sight, touch, smell, taste, sounds, and intuition).
After observing and working with hundreds of children as well as having my own, I have discovered:
I actually feel grief when I hear a couple who have young children say they are divorcing. I have to process the loss of the transformative and healing potential that too many know nothing about.
Anxiety had affected just about every facet of life, especially sleep. For as long as I could remember, I had trouble falling asleep. I would lie awake for hours worrying, and replays of my past experiences and decisions haunted me. In 2005, it got even worse; I would wake up in the middle of night and could not fall back to sleep no matter what I tried. I complained that it was my stressful job and my partner watching TV at bedtime. I desperately needed to sleep and wanted my job and my partner to change. Anxiety continued to sabotage me. In order to get a peaceful night of sleep, I had to do the following: