Tag: growth
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Today I am slowing down
Slowing down looks like holding space for myself. It looks like honouring the fact that I made a massive breakthrough and that I deserve to rest. It looks like slowing down and attending to my own needs. It looks like sitting at a picnic table with the cool undertones of a September breeze, listening to…
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Today, I had to drive myself somewhere that reminds me life is worth living.
Today was a wild emotional overload and I don’t know if it was because of you or not. Today, I think perhaps you were just the match that lit a fuse already set to blow. Today was the first time I thought of how I would do it. Today, I had to drive myself somewhere…
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She rambles
Recently it was pointed out to me that I ramble (to talk at length in a confused or inconsequential way). I knew I often went on tangents, but I didn’t understand what was actually happening in those moments, or recognize the impact it had on others. I hadn’t realized that my rambling didn’t leave space…
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Introspection: Coming Home to Myself
By definition, introspection is the examination and observation of one’s own mental and emotional processes. In reality, it is a skill that many never intentionally invest in, never practice deliberately, or give the time it requires. I am one of those people, and though it is difficult to admit, I am learning that my inability…
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Open doors
I am a lover of life, a romanticizer, a dreamer.. and yet, lately I feel lost. I have always tried to walk with strength, to meet storms with grace,to carry every battle alone and pretend the weight was feather-light. In the past, I reached for help – to family, friends, the person I loved.But their…
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I am Afraid
I am apprehensive of how today will go. I know in my mind that I am safe, I am surrounded by those who will stand beside me if I need it. And yet, this fear has me in a choke hold, stealing the breathe from my lungs. I am afraid. I am afraid of what…
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Dissonance
I am feeling dissonance within myself today, and I have been struggling to identify what is truly going on in my mind. There is this static, where my feelings and thoughts jumble. I am a verbal processor, which usually means I need to discuss the same things repeatedly to fully understand them myself. This is…
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Thornbound
I was running, not just moving,but free.Each step a soft rebellion,each breath a bloom.I was flying through the field of my dream life.And then,I fell.Hard.I didn’t yet know what I had lost.Only that something inside me tore.That’s when the vines began to grow.Thin at first.Just a whisper around the knee,a murmur inside my mind.When the…
The Art of Holding 