Yearly Archives: 2018

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“Give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning…” Isaiah 61:3 When my kids were little and I was struggling with Postnatal Depression, sometimes it felt like every day was just another day to get through. My automatic response was to just suck it up and do whatever I […]

Beauty for Ashes

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“Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of another.” Alfred Adler Every year I choose a word to help me navigate the new season I am entering. Last year my word was a strength, and I looked towards […]

Everyday Empathy

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With dark raven paper and twinkling white ink, I wrote my heart in the night’s sky. Shannon L. Alder I know what it is to shut down. Shut off. Shut up. Shut out. Shut me away. Eighteen months ago, I found myself numbed, tired, and apathetic. I put myself to […]

Feel Every Spectrum of Emotion by Elaine Fraser

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Give yourself permission to feel emotion, get curious about it, pay attention to it, and practice. This work takes practice. Awkward uncomfortable practice Brené Brown I vividly remember going to see “War of the Worlds” in the cinema. I had never encountered the story, and so it was a totally […]

Big emotions

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