Grief: Making Space for Feeling
This past year and a half has been so, so much. For most of us, it has been a traumatizing time. Filled with fear, pain, and grief. Especially since you may have lived through experiences you never imagined possible. Perhaps you lost someone, or even someones, unexpectedly and without saying goodbye. People you love dearly and/or with whom you had a complicated history. Or maybe you ended friendships and relationships, leaving what no longer serves. Or you moved away from what was once your home, seeking out a place that could nourish your soul better, or be closer to people who are beloved by you.
The Path of Illuminating Anger
Anger. A complex, nuanced, and often misunderstood emotion with many different facets. In this post I'd like to talk about one very important facet, illuminating anger.
Tides of Feeling
In completion of this last moon cycle, I have been thinking a lot about difficult feelings. Pain. Loss. Grief. Regret. Anger. Feelings that we so often want to avoid. Feelings that we have been trained to hide, suppress, or project onto others (more about this in another post.) Feelings that we have experienced as dangerous — that may have brought punishment, persecution, or harm towards us when we expressed them.
