Earlier I wrote about learning to trust my daughter’s knowing. I easily fall into the trap of “mother knows best” when that is clearly not always true. Today I’m reflecting on another trap that I often fall into in my parenting…and that is not allowing my kids to have their feelings. I don’t mean that …
During my meditation at the end of the day I release what is not mine to carry. Lately I decided to also release old feelings and trauma that have been stored in my body. I said, “I’m ready now to feel it and let it go.” Here I am about a week or so later …
Yesterday I got some pretty tough news. Afterwards, I was sitting there feeling numb…you know like when you’re in shock? I remember thinking, “I don’t know how I feel about this. I guess I’ll find out when the numb wears off.” But then it occurred to me, what if I didn’t need to wait to …