It’s Never Too Late to Heal the Little Girl Within Women our age were not raised in a world that took inner healing seriously. We were raised to handle things. And for a lot of us the phrase “inner child healing” implies bad parents. Some of them were. And many women reach their 60s and […]

You can’t release what you haven’t allowed yourself to feel.The only way through is through. You’re angry. And people love to tell you to “let it go.” As if anger is something you’re choosing to carry out of stubbornness. As if you haven’t already tried to release it. You’ve meditated on it, journaled about it. […]

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from self-abandonment: from spending years making yourself smaller. It’s not the tiredness of physical labor or even emotional strain, it’s something deeper, more fundamental. It’s the weariness of constantly editing yourself before you even finish a thought. Of swallowing your needs before they fully form into words. […]

Renewal is the foundation that makes everything else possible. And the longer we treat it as optional, the more brittle we become. I used to believe that exhaustion was just part of the deal. That if I cared deeply about my work, my people, my purpose, feeling depleted was simply the price of admission. Rest […]

When you begin, nobody tells you about the grief that comes with healing. Because it sounds counterintuitive. Why would getting better involve loss? Through my own healing journey, I have learned this: healing demands that you release the version of yourself that learned how to survive inside the wound. And that version? You might love […]

“Self-abandonment is the quiet act of disappearing from your own life to keep someone else comfortable. Coming home is the decision to stop leaving yourself behind.”—Taylor Gilmore I know what it’s like to put yourself last without even realizing you’re doing it.I did it for most of my life. And even now, I still catch […]

5 Practices for Finding Stillness The wounds left behind when we’ve experienced trauma, grief, or emotional pain can be deep and long-lasting. They affect not just our mental and emotional health but also our physical well-being. For many women, the journey to healing can feel overwhelming, as though the pain is too great to overcome. […]

When we’ve been hurt—whether by trauma, loss, or abuse – our natural instinct is to run from the pain. Many of us avoid dealing with our feelings by becoming “Busyholics”, constantly moving from one thing to the next without taking a moment to pause. Some of us find other ways to distract ourselves or try […]