I have been thinking a lot about friendship. What it means, what the requirements are and how good of a friend I am. I know that I am a great listener. I can listen for hours. It’s my job, after all. But friends need more than someone to listen to them. They need someone who […]
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Be Like a Five Year Old
I realized last night that I really care about people. Not in a I-have-to-because-they’re-my-family kind of way but in a people matter, like really matter, way. I realized this week how fragile life can be. Our family friend was diagnosed less than a month ago with stage four pancreatic cancer and it is terminal. Sitting […]
Let Love in Completely
Focusing on the good, on my strengths, and on the people who are ultra loving and important in my life has made a world of difference. I just started seeing an EMDR therapist named Wendi. She helped me first by making a list of people who are supportive of me. I then took the step […]
Prioritizing Connection
Being understood by someone is the best feeling in the world. Being known feels like being loved. Times in my life where people really get me make me feel alive. I feel the worst when I haven’t been understood deeply. Not being witnessed feels like abandonment and isolation. To feel reasonably happy I need to […]
Boomerang Love
I’m realizing it now more than ever, as I sit here alone drinking my green tea with my dog at my side, we are all feeling lonely. We need each other. We are caught up in the humdrum of life and are neglecting the more important pieces- relationships, conversations, lingering. We need to be more […]
Connection Addict 