unsettled. Anger can bring out unkind parts. The parts of you that are unsettled and unwell. Like your unmerited irritability with a receptionist. Or the flares of judgment with strangers. These moments are pointing to something that needs your attention inside. Journal Prompt: I experience my unsettled and unwell parts when…
Tag: Relationships
Anger, 3
passive. Anger often takes the passive aggressive route, which is to say it shows up indirectly and not toward what you are truly angry about. Like sometimes the trash bag doesn't fit the can correctly and rage shows up. Rage that more fittingly is toward the boundaries that were not respected yesterday. Journal Prompt: ...receives my passive aggressive anger.
Anger, 2
Underneath. Anger positions itself over unearthed emotions. Like disappointment, how it hides behind resentment. Like loneliness, how it loiters inside aggression. Journal Prompt: Under my anger is…
Anger, 1
In Your Body. Anger is amplified body stress, demonstrating in your chest, shoulders, and knuckles. Journal Prompt: Where does anger happen in your body?
Slowing Down, 9
Empty Space. Detoxing from uninterrupted stimulation brings withdrawal, a desire to anxiously fill in empty space. Journal Prompt: I fill in empty space with...
Slowing Down, 8
Pace. The codependent pull to live life at the pace of those surrounding you is strong. Find people who help you pace. Journal Prompt: The pace surrounding me is...
Slowing Down, 7
Scarcity. How might you begin to slow down when marketing and culture pursues after any spare seconds? Slowing down is long forgotten when scarcity is not an experience but a solidified state of being. If you slow down, you will miss something. Probably a few things. A choice to slow down is a choice to intentionally miss out. Journal Prompt: If I slow down, I will miss...
Slowing Down, 6
Relationships You miss the depth of relationships when you ignore prompts to slow down. In speed, you tend to overlook the nuances and sacred bonding opportunities. Muscle memory takes over and you project what is expected and live from patterns instead of organically. Journal Prompts: I tend to overlook... My muscle memory expects... I miss out on...
Emotional Misuse, 8
Money You can use money to love people, but also to control them. Emotional misuse happens when you leverage money to dictate behavior. It sways the real estate in someone's head, guiding it towards an agenda, rather than what is authentic to them. Journal Prompt: The power of money has been misused around me when...
Emotional Misuse, 7
Degrade. Using words that decay the soul, scrapes power from the bottom of a cement bucket. There are no conditions or environments that justify degrading the people you love. Speaking to degrade is about you, not the person in front of you. Journal Prompt: The power of degrading has...