Yesterday, I gave my last few sessions in Bali for a while, before I head off to Europe. I met different lives, different histories, different struggles. One of the stories that came up brought tears to my eyes. A few of them, reminded me of struggles I used to have. And one left me wishing…
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When I was 16 years old, I suffered my first deep-cutting heartbreak. I’d been hanging out with Scotty for 3 months by then. We’d gone to the high school dance together, exchanged small clusters of flowers, and even dressed in matching tones of sky blue. Every time I saw him, I’d burst out in a…
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When I was 23, I was put on a jury for the first time. It was a fairly straightforward case. The guy had been caught in the process of stealing a car battery; hood of the car open, body bent over, pulling the battery out, when the police strolled onto the scene. In the deliberation…
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Life had clearly placed Her hand on the small of the woman’s back and was gently, yet firmly nudging her to the edge. All she had to do now was take a step into the unknown, while feeling the warmth of this hand, guiding her. Guiding her to free fall into life, with her…
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Stuckness happens. It just does. Sometimes it’s because we don’t want to feel what’s there, so we shut it down. Sometimes it’s because even though we’re frustrated with the way things are, to take a step into the unknown feels too frightening, so we don’t. And sometimes…it’s because of a natural disaster, as was my case, when…
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