Moving countries, homes, is one of the biggest human stressors. Starting a new job, another one. Raising a teenager, an added bonus to all of this. And still the part that I look to with the most anxiety is myself.
Category: Reality
Traveling companions
Relocating with pets is not easy but it is definitely a way to stay sane through travel in heat, nostalgia and worry about the future, bad accommodation and inherent road struggles. We highly recommend it.
The way to healthy transitions is through
When she speaks of the concept of integration Dr. Brene Brown points us towards the latin word “integrare” – to make whole. The experience of transitions is life at its finest.
Language is powerful. The next time you are tempted to say “I am so OCD about this,” think twice. Better yet, read this.
From the outside looking in, everything should have been ok. “What reasons do you have to feel anxious?” – was a question almost everybody around seemed to be asking. Except for the couple of people who took the time to look into my eyes and noticed life was not there.
Maybe a sunset is just a sunrise observed from behind …
I looked at the face my brain knew to be mine in those photos and my heart did not recognize that stranger. And that same heart was deeply grateful to the stranger on the screen. For hanging in there, for taking all of the darkness in, for staring the it in the face and being patient enough to hope and wait for the light.
There are two sides and a default to every story
The past fortnight has been fascinating – I had front row seats to an interesting display of humanity. None of it quite expected, each piece
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