I’m not typically sad. Of course I experience up and down moods like anyone, but depressed isn’t a feeling that visits very often.Except for this past summer.Off and on, here or there. There was a depth to my moods that I can’t remember experiencing in the past. A flat feeling that I recognized in theory, even
Three of Gwen’s immediate family members died, and two of her remaining family members cut off their relationship with her, within a 10-month time span. A month after the third death she asked the not-at-all-rhetorical question, “How do I get over this?”“What do I do? How do I heal myself from the trauma of so much
There are several books out there who talk about your habit—and the thoughts and feelings that lead you to engage in your habit—as the enemy.They talk about a monster, saboteur, beast, or pig that (metaphorically, of course) lives within you and leads you to into your habit over and over.There is so much value in
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” –Nelson Mandela I remember giving
The world is full of good ideas and nice people who are happy to share them.Bumper sticker phrases. Instagram memes. Pop song refrains.There is only now.Let it go.You are perfect.Spend time in silence.It’s all in your head.Forgive and forget.Serve others.These good ideas might point out something you hadn’t thought of, or remind you of something
Beneath the perceived complexity of addiction—beneath layers of chemical dependency, psychological and emotional instability, complicated relationships, fear and trauma—lie some incredibly simple truths. These simple, universal truths apply to every human on earth, no exceptions. They are that universal. These truths apply to you regardless of the nature of your habit and regardless of how long
What if you absolutely knew like you knew your name that feelings don’t require fixes or solutions?What if you knew with absolute certainty that all feeling passes naturally and effortlessly like weather passes through the sky?How do you suppose your day to day experience would be different? There would be zero attempts at changing how you feel.
The type of learning that leads to life-changing, foundation-shifting change isn’t intellectual.You don’t need to be “smart” in any traditional sense. You don’t need good conceptual comprehension, a good memory, or to be able to retain or recall information.Those things may have mattered in history or chemistry class, but they don’t matter at all when it
You can feel things, without being things.You can feel sad, angry, lonely, disordered or unwell without being sad, angry, lonely, disordered or unwell. The truth is, you couldn’t be those things if you tried. What you are doesn’t change. What you are is the same one energy that is all things. The all-that-is-ness within which feelings
I’d like to share a conversation with you.It’s a conversation between Amanda and Jeanne Catherine about seeing–despite decades of struggling and suffering–that you are actually healthy and always have been.Seeing that there is nothing to recover because the you’ve always been recovered. It’s more about uncovering the truth and seeing through the illusions that had
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