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Shame dies when stories are told in safe places. The Mindful Geek

What Shame Does

September 22, 2020 No Comments

Nothing good has ever come from shame in my life. It never faded on its own, and when I didn’t face it, it made me

My first steps were on eggshells photo text meme

uniformity v. solidarity

August 26, 2020 No Comments

“You are either in agreement with (like) us or against us.” That mentality is the ancestral curse I am working to crush, one day at a

If I say no to someone and they get angry, it does not mean I should have said yes.

What is Schadenfreude?

August 2, 2020 No Comments

Though I am intimately familiar with the energy and attitudes I’ve always identified in the “serves you right” types, I only just discovered the term Schadenfreude.

Maryam Hasnaa Quote I do the inner work to be in integrity with myself not for others' approval. I will always work on myself and it will never ever be so that someone will love me.

Kindness Is Not ConditionalI Had to Learn That Kindness Cannot Be EarnedKindness Is Not Conditional

July 23, 2020 No Comments

In relationships, if it is conditional, it is not kind. Nothing was more confused and distorted than my early ideas about kindness and connection. For