Go where you can keep your heart open

Go where you can keep your heart open

I am playing with my heart a lot. I’m practicing keeping my heart open, and open even more, as I’m also practicing learning when it’s time to shut it down a bit, to turn it more inward and to turn me more inward. I’m noticing what opens me up and what shuts me down....
You are exactly where you’re supposed to be

You are exactly where you’re supposed to be

Again, a yoga practice. Again, exactly what I needed to hear. I remember when I first heard this, when I crawled into Al-Anon decades (and decades) ago. “You’re exactly where you need to be,” they told me. That gave me such freedom to begin to accept myself as I was,...
I feel my strong, stable base

I feel my strong, stable base

It’s been a tough week. A very tough week. I am okay, and I am learning and evolving and being. But it’s been a tough week. I still can get cut to the core and lose my sense of self, even as I grow more and more stable and centered. I can slip back into the self-doubt...
Breathing in, I calm my body

Breathing in, I calm my body

Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in this moment, I know this is a wonderful moment. This is perhaps one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s most famous quotes. At least it’s the one I know the best. I am breathing in and out with it more and more these...
The crazy is not necessary

The crazy is not necessary

This also came out of my mouth whilst in a session with a client. I don’t remember what she was talking about, but I do remember that it had her going around and around in circles. “You don’t have to take it on or figure it out if it makes you crazy,” I said. “The...