I used to think that healing was about making things feel better, overcoming a block, or getting a better or different perspective to see it from a broader view of life. I have grown and through my experience, have come to know another healing. A healing that comes from feeling. Healing that is not about trying to take away the pain. A healing that instead, creates a deeper connection with myself. One that I feel in my body, a feeling of acceptance, rather than fear and shame

The storm makes us whole. I used to pray for everything to go right. I still catch myself in that pattern often. Today, I caught myself again, reaching out to all known and unknown sources for everything to be ok, right now. As soon as that thought came through, I felt a bit of shock, here is a way of thinking that wants to avoid the bumps in the road. I paused, and realized with my whole being, that this thought has kept me small. I realized that no matter what I’m facing,

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com In this moment of my life, I finally feel a confidence that is grounding and nourishing to my soul. A feeling of my being and my body, integrated and aligned. Before, whenever I felt confident in myself, I did notice this hint of ….hummm…what I feel now as arrogance. I think that’s what I thought confidence was, a sort of arrogance. In those moments, when I felt that type of confidence, I also felt a dark feeling of loneliness, and as if I we