Are Breaks in Relationships Healthy? Talking About the Stories We Tell Ourselves When people ask me, “Are breaks in relationships healthy?”, it’s rarely a casual question. Usually, it’s whispered through tears, fear, or frustration. The word “break” sounds like something snapping. Something that can’t be repaired. But what if that’s just the story we’ve inherited?… Continue Reading
How To Let Go Of The Past By Hanging On
How to let go of the past by hanging on How to let go of the past? Just… let it go. It’s a phrase we use often. Usually in reference to an idea or a plan we had that we’re struggling to ‘move on’ from when it doesn’t happen. Oh! There’s another popular phrase: ‘Moving… Continue Reading
VIDEO: Why is separation so painful?
We ALL know separation is one of the most painful experiences you can go through in this life and this stuff of ‘being human’. But sometimes we don’t understand how badly it hurts until we’re IN it. Breakups are physical, emotional, mental, spiritual. Divorce is a relentless battle with someone else, yourself AND the state… Continue Reading
We Don’t Have to be Confident and Together All the Time
This is a guest post that I wrote for Tiny Buddha and am republishing with permission from tinybuddha.com. You can find the original post here. “At any given moment, you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.” ~Christine Mason Miller Eighth grade was a bit of a… Continue Reading
6 Honest Articles About Being Single You Need To Read
Being Single Why can’t we just feel what we feel? If you say ‘I’m sick of being single’ you’ll get a barrage of well-meaning advice about ‘getting out there’. Or even worse, the ‘I Pity You’ look from a smug partnered, even though they’ve just spent your entire visit wiping snot from a screaming toddlers… Continue Reading
How To Recover From A Bad Breakup
Breakup recovery SOS needed! Separation is horrendous. Even though we ‘know’ almost everyone on the planet has suffered and survived the end of at least one significant relationship, we can’t help but feel that no one else knows what it’s truly like for us ‘right now’. It’s isolating. Terrifying. Darkness looms in daily, overshadowing any… Continue Reading
