Can you look back to a time in your life when a painful event opened a wound that has never quite closed?
This one’s for you!
Category Archives: trauma
Feeling all wrung out? Self care for emotional sponges
‘Mummy, it really hurts me in my tummy when other people are sad’
Zoë’s wee eyes filled up out of the blue earlier…
We’ve never come this way before
Winter will end, And time will heal; New life will come! We’ll see the Sun, and Come forth whole.
Facing your demons: fighting fear with courage
Africa by night can be chillingly haunting. The shriek of a witch doctor performing a curse. The moans of a child hallucinating with malaria. The bloodcurdling screeching and droning chants of cultish groups performing exorcisms.
Can we stop pretending, please? Where denial helps us and when it starts to hurt us
I don’t know if any of you have read the news reports about the Coronavirus parties that people have been holding to challenge the reality that COVID-19 is, in fact, ‘real.’ Some of the stories of the consequences of reckless and irresponsible actions have been totally heartbreaking.
In times of disaster, look for the helpers
When disaster strikes, look for the helpers. And watch them light up the dark.
Cultivating courage: Becoming your own kind of brave
The women I see all around me are all kinds of brave. All kinds of strong. All kinds of courageous.
Looking for Eden 