Welcome to the 26 Days of Happiness! Today is day 23. Please meet featured author Laura Sharon from the soon to be released book: The Wellness Universe Guide to Complete Self-Care, 25 Tools for Happiness, sharing their inspiring story! I’m the author of Chapter 4, Opening Your Heart, A Practice to Clear Your Path to Happiness, in the […]
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Shame 200: How Coping with Shame Contributes to Overall Wellbeing. Late joining this series? Catch up on Part 1 and Part 2! Welcome to the conclusion of the 3-part series on shame. As you may have guessed after reading Parts 1 and 2, that is, “Shame 101 and Shame 102,” like all emotions, shame just
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Shame 102: Using Creativity to Help Release Shame. Part 2 of a 3-Part blog series. Late joining this series? Catch up on Part 1! In Part 1, we deconstructed the definition of shame and introduced a three-step process to help us begin to unload the heavy-weight of shame. In Part 2, we will explore using
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Shame 101: 3 Steps to Start Unloading the Heavy Weight of Shame. Part 1 of a 3-Part blog series In October 2018, I wrote and published a blog titled, 10 Tips to Stop Shaming Yourself. It got a lot of hits and a lot of reads. I took that to mean the topic resonated with
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Dear Son, Parenting is unarguably the greatest commitment I have ever made. The vow I made to you and myself, albeit sometimes implicit, is to teach, love, model, show you the way to adulthood and independence, and never, never, never give up. The past 23 years have been a long journey with twists and turns,
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The coronavirus has turned life as we know it upside down. Our freedom to move about in the world has come to a screeching halt. We are experiencing overwhelming emotions, moving from feeling disoriented, anxious, vulnerable, and scared one moment to finding moments of okay-ness as we adjust to a new normal. As the coronavirus
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April is National Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I am writing this article in honor of and to offer hope to all the people who are still struggling with the aftermath of their experience. This article includes excerpts from my recently published book of poems and drawings, When I Lay My Hands
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Over the past few decades, I have been on a healing journey through which I have grown from victim to survivor to thriver. I am here to tell you if I can overcome the trauma I lived through as a child, you can overcome yours. Healing is possible. But it takes a commitment to do
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Meriam Webster dictionary defines perfection as “flawlessness, or having no defects or faults,” and perfectionism as “the disposition to regard anything short of perfection as unacceptable.” As the meaning of these words and phrases sinks in, my reaction to this language is visceral. I have a heavy feeling in my belly and my jaw locks down.
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Grief is deep sorrow. It is deeply emotional. Other words that come to mind are sadness, pain, loss, anguish, suffering, heartache, and despair. Grief also is universal, which means everyone everywhere experiences it. Most of us are not given the skills to deal with grief when it shows up in our lives. In fact, we
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