Taking Responsibility for Our Life
What does it mean to take personal responsibility? Most of us, when we hear this word, think of obligation, punishment, or blame. We may remember times when this word has been used as a weapon against us, rather than an invitation to take ownership of our own self and the creation of our life. We may believe that to take responsibility means that we will be harmed, shamed, or rejected.
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.
Loving Ourselves Through Our Mistakes
This last full moon brought forward many things I did not want to see within myself and others. Things that caused hurt, pain, and loss. Things that arose from unhealed places. Things I would much rather deny, minimize, or move away from. Things that held the key to a new place of growth and healing within myself and my life, when I gathered the courage to face them, and grow.
The beginning
Welcome!
I’m so grateful, honored, and nervous stepping forward into writing this blog. I’ve thought about it a lot. For years. Years where others have encouraged (and often pushed!) me to step forward, where I smiled and nodded — yes, yes, sometime soon. Years where I’ve supported friends, colleagues, and clients in stepping forward — and myself stayed firmly put, allowing fear and perfectionism to take the lead.