Keeping your mind out of the shit zone would seem to be a noble cause requiring a lot of positive affirmations and compartmentalization. These tools are the bandaids that most modern-day humans use, in fact. In some circumstances, compartmentalizing is a valuable temporary tool, but as a long-term solution, it is about as useful asContinue reading “The Five Rs of Recovery: Keeping Your Mind Out of the Shit Zone”
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Goodbye MoFo: I love you
In many spiritual circles loving unconditionally is preached, but not taught. Seeking to love unconditionally, as it is preached, is not the inner work. It’s a tool used in an attempt to be seen well in the eyes of others. It’s become a New Age cliche that was twisted by westerners perpetuating a shame response thusly keeping people stuck in a spiral of loathing blocking our ability to love unconditionally.
Lassoing Neural Transmitters
When you truly want to heal something, it’s helpful to break it down to its rawest components. It’s easy to say, “I behave like [this] because I had [the event] happen in my life.” But consider how limiting that belief is. Do you like it when others limit you? If you answered no to theContinue reading “Lassoing Neural Transmitters”
Being Yourself (and the many paths to You)
In some circles, it can be quite a loaded topic…To Be Yourself. Living in a culture that has conditioned us to behave, believe and DO in such a specific way; being yourself can seem like a mixed bag of tricks to simply find a possible path back to your honest-to-God self. Most especially in theContinue reading “Being Yourself (and the many paths to You)”
Revoking Narcissistic Energy
I was mucking the goat shed one day when it hit me, “She is a narcissist; you know that. Your response to her energy is your own; you know that. Why are you giving her your valuable energy?” The truth was… I had stayed on this property and taken her shit because I was tiredContinue reading “Revoking Narcissistic Energy”
Benefit of Trauma 