Living life as it comes
Hi everyone! We’ve got a pretty serious concept in our letter-writing today, which is a letter to someone who has hurt you. If you want to read about the basis for letter writing first, you can click here. And to look at the last letter we wrote, go here. But now, let’s dig in.
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There’s a page in my diary that has just one sentence on it. It says, “Triggers are different than boundaries, but both are relevant.” I wrote it when I was feeling wistful, trying to communicate with myself a concept that was fuzzy to me, in language I didn’t right then understand. I do that often, when I write to myself. Make vague statements and metaphors that feel so right, and then later I come back to them to see if they have any weight. This one did. And we’re going to talk about it today.
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If recent global events have taught us anything, it’s that life is short. Or at least, it can be. And that alone is enough to give us some perspective about what’s truly important. We realize that maybe our jobs are just income sources, that we really don’t make enough time for self-care or that we don’t prioritize our loves ones nearly enough. And dreams, I think, fall into this category as well.
Continue reading “How to follow your dreams after quarantine”It’s letter writing time again, and I’m so glad you’re with us today. Now, if you’re new to letter writing as a therapeutic concept, I’d encourage you to go to my introductory post to this idea, by clicking here. Last time, we talked about writing to your future self (click here to read), and today, we’re tackling a heavy one. Grief. More specifically, we’re writing a letter to someone who has passed on.
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Welcome back, it’s letter writing time again! We’ve talked about the point of writing these letters (which you can find here), and our last exploration was of writing a letter to an old mentor of yours (which you can read by clicking here). We’ve also talked about writing a letter to your past self (find that one here). And today, we’re doing another twist on that. We’re writing a letter to our future selves!
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It’s a buzz word today in wellness and mental health circles: inner child work. So we’re going to talk about it. What it is, how to do it, and what it can do. So buckle in everyone, and let’s get started.
Continue reading “Inner Child Work”Welcome back to letter writing prompts! If you’re unsure about the idea of writing letters, I recommend you start with this post. The last letter we explored was a light-hearted one, a letter to an old friend. You can find that post here. And today, we’re talking about former mentors!
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“Stay strong, my warrior” Katrina typed to her girlfriend who was on the other side of the city, in her bathroom, crying. It had been a hard day, and she found herself thinking the dark thoughts again. Katrina worried, she knew that sometimes, she wasn’t so safe, so stable. She knew that sometimes she thought about hurting herself. If only she could be there, to give her loved one a hug and wipe her tears away and tell her that everything would be alright. But maybe it would not be alright.
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I’m taking a slight break from the letter writing for a moment here, for a very good reason. Because the world is hurting right now. In many ways, it’s not a new pain. But there is hurt. There is fear, unrest and ignorance.
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