notes for when we're in it
I was talking to a friend the other day. Well, crying to a friend the other day. I was feeling a little bit ledgey. Emotional. Drastic. In a precarious place. She didn’t try to talk me out of it. She just got up on the metaphorical ledge with me. Stood next to me. Stayed with me until I was ready to come down.
forgive yourself for not being there yet
We are not there and yet we are getting there. It’s okay to be where we are. It’s okay if we can’t stand being where we are. If we’re so tired of having one limb on either side of a doorway, choicepoint, portal. Liminal spaces are challenging-keep going.
I AM NOT A HEALER
I️ AM NOT A HEALER.
I’m a spaceholder, facilitator, sometimes-guide and more-often follower, and deep deep listener.
But I️ AM NOT A HEALER. You are your own healer.
We don’t need anyone else to heal us (even though I get that it’s tempting) because how could they?! Other people are not you. Not in your body or life experiences. And everything you want to heal from is trying to …