Eggshells are Easily Broken
My relationships before recovery were so distrusting and volatile, and could literally snap under the weight of even the slightest tension. It was not safe or accepted to openly experience difficult…
Freedom from THE Shame
Things that once caused me shame: My thin awkward body and brownish (non-white) skinMy name--the one assigned to me at birthMy inability to calm down and focus on what matters…
Cycle Breaking–and the Fall Out
From Liz Earnshaw (Click anywhere on this post to read more from her): There is a phenomenon in families known as homeostasis (really, in any group of people , but…
I Feel You—literally
Yesterday at the vet for routine procedures, there was a man, with his very old and loved, black cocker spaniel neatly bundled in a blanket with only a grayed muzzle and…