WOO YOUR LIFE & RELATIONSHIPS
Traumatic experiences are often lost in time and concealed by shame, secrecy, and social taboo. – Vincent J. Felitti, MD
Exhausted, you fall in bed.
You stretch your aching body under the sheets and close your eyes. Waiting for relief…
But your mind won’t hush.
Thoughts, replays of conversations—real and imagined—start running through your head like a circus carousel.
A never-ending dialog with yourself. And your mom. [Read more…]
If someone asked you about your childhood, what would you say?
“I don’t want to talk about it,” or “There’s not much to say,” or “Nothing was wrong with my childhood”?
Perhaps you wouldn’t remember much even if you tried… except your mother’s icy face, your dad’s angry voice, or your uncle’s drunken laughter…
And your fear of being in this unsafe and dangerous world.
Scared and sad, you had no one to talk to. No one who would listen and understand. [Read more…]
“To shine your brightest light is to be who you truly are.”
― Roy T. Bennett
“Yes, mother.”
You disconnect and stare hopelessly on the phone.
Your blood is boiling and so is your mind.
Argh.
Another Sunday with your mother.
All you want is to spend the day at home–just you, honey and your kids. [Read more…]
You can’t sleep, tired or in constant pain.
Feeling tense and stressed, worried all the time. Anxious, expecting the worst.
Your pulse is faster than allegro vivace. Your thoughts are jumping like kangaroos through the arid Australian outback.
You can’t think or stay focused; constantly on edge.
Your crappy childhood still runs your life.
Will the wounds ever heal?
You want to scream. [Read more…]
Ever watched raindrops on a spider web sparkling in the summer sun? How light refracts in the prism of water beads, spilling out into hundreds of colourful beams.
The articles on life lessons are like that too. Caught in the virtual web they are waiting to be found. To share their wisdom gained throughout years of human experience.
Why do we bother reading them?
Because we are unique beings living unique lives. Similar in some ways, different in others. Lessons we need to learn are not the same, neither how we learn them.
What we share reflects valuable knowledge from the areas of life most significant for our personal growth.
Looking for some answers? [Read more…]
