Perspectives
Schema, perspective, experience, understanding… wow. My younger son and I differ in many beautiful ways, and some difficult ones, and he’s a great teacher for me. When I broke up…
Personal reflections on the powerful emotional attachments that can form within harmful relationships and the challenges of breaking free from them.
Schema, perspective, experience, understanding… wow. My younger son and I differ in many beautiful ways, and some difficult ones, and he’s a great teacher for me. When I broke up…
I’ve resumed journaling — rigorously, of course, because I tend to do things either with full intensity or not at all. With this man, a widower who lost the love…
Last week, Ed, my friend from the mountains, visited for our week together and we had such a nice time doing the most basic shit. Yardwork, making food, checking out…
I wouldn’t have chosen the things that harmed me, but I’m grateful and proud of how I’m allowing myself to be shaped by them. Recovery keeps teaching me about mercy,…