I hate vulnerability too!
We all do. Therapists explore matters with clients all the time that, when discussed, are deeply exposing and revealing of deep parts of the client. Some clients come in…ready to let a stranger-therapist in on those deep, hidden parts, because as hard as it is to talk to a stranger, it is infinitely easier to …
A Thought
Saw this quote yesterday…got me even more for the Perfectly Imperfect group, beginning January 23 for 10 Wednesdays. For women who want to let go of who they think they should be to embrace the person who they genuinely are.
Perfectly Imperfect-Join us?
Nadia Sawaya and I recently had a conversation about the Perfectly Imperfect Group that she led last fall. She spoke about the power of community…of women speaking honestly into each other’s lives in ways that were life changing. In the final group, the women spoke with each other about how little and big things had …
The balance bar
Permeable and porous…not wide open, nor shut tight. Sigh… …so not easy. I wrote recently of the challenges and the richness of “both/and” living…embracing the joys and sorrows of life simultaneously. It’s easier to be “either/or”…a Pollyanna or an Eeyore…but being stuck in one posture leaves little flexilibility to be both joyful and authentic, to …
A thought
I dared greatly
So, today was Fall Convocation at the University of Manitoba. Occupational Therapy students graduate in Fall Convocation because of the way the U of M program is run…so today was the graduation luncheon for the students. I got a call several days ago asking if I would present the Communications Award at the luncheon. Makes …
Space for Holding Pain
I’ve had hearbreak in my life…times when I thought that the pain might have me go mad. Literally. If not mad, then I might die…or perhaps it was more that I just hoped to die…to escape the pain, to not have to live with the heartache. It was brutally hard to “hold the space for …
Sitting in the Dark
Compassion is knowing your darkness well enough that you can sit in the dark with others. Pema Chodron I thought faith would say, “I’ll take away the pain and discomfort”, but what it ended up saying is, “I’ll sit with you in it”. And I never thought until I found it, that it would be …
Authenticity Trumps Perfection
“Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, its the thing that’s preventing us from taking flight” Brené Brown I stumbled across Brené Brown’s blog yesterday and loved the message that she shouts, whispers, draws, encapsulates, inspires, and strives to live…that authenticity beats perfectionism. That living …