Mother’s Day is joyous. It holds space for single mothers working multiple jobs to provide her child with the life she dreamt living. Mother’s Day is also painful. It will take you places you’d rather not go. The world collectively pauses and acknowledgement is met with grief as secret memories mourn losses and celebratory moments are lost in forgotten silence.
Read MoreHealing, thought of as acts of the supernatural, is more often felt as a powerless process. Prayers in church, a plea that God’s will be done, and waiting for the miraculous often cultivates feelings of powerlessness to do. Healing communes with the supernatural, though more often than not, it’s a journey of wrestling.
Read MoreAt some point, many of us decide (conscious or not) to partner with death. We believe our hearts are too sick, too confusing, too complicated. Maybe someone hurt us, abused us, neglected us, or ignored us so we use pain to justify silencing our hearts and moving into our heads. After all, its safer in the shrink’s office than in the wild landscape of an abandoned heart. When we do this we cut off our oxygen supply, and we go into survival mode.
Read MoreThe pursuit of mental health is admirable and on occasion necessary, but real healing is a deeper process that steps out of our minds and into our hearts. Our issues aren’t mental - they’re emotional. They’re heart wounds.
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