Setting Boundaries Series: Journal Prompt 5

Boundaries have the capability to prevent harm from occurring. Harm emotionally, mentally, physically, sexually, relationally. - Journal prompt 5: Where in your life do you hope to prevent harm? - Day 6 Blog Index

Setting Boundaries Series: Journal Prompt 3

Setting boundaries will likely include something new; new feelings, new experiences, or new ways of doing things. - Journal prompt 3: What might you predict will be new for you? - Day 4 Blog Index

Now Available: E-book On Boundaries & Alcohol

Now Available on Amazon Exhaustion in a relationship is a common theme when someone is struggling with an alcohol use disorder. In this book I will provide principles that can equip you to know how and when to set boundaries utilizing your values and needs while accounting for the capabilities of someone struggling with alcohol. … Continue reading Now Available: E-book On Boundaries & Alcohol →

An Essay on Fear

I’ll lock you up with protection, I’ll keep you confined to small margins of happiness.

Hope

In our current environment hope feels far away. Depression feels far more approachable and time appropriate. Yet, I chose to write about hope this month because it seems like something we need. Hope. A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Hope seems to come from shifts in our every day … Continue reading Hope →

Stress Margin

Margin: The space between reasonable stress and unreasonable. I’m always curious about the real put together human that all of a sudden falls apart in public. Truly, there’s something sacred happening here. I have the urge to put out construction signs and say, “Caution Ahead, give this human some space, they are going to need … Continue reading Stress Margin →

Re-Engage the Body to Heal

Photo by Miguel Bruna on Unsplash For healing, the body leads; the conduit of output as input. . . . . . . . . Felt in the far back molars of the jaw, stress saran wrap clings to the body. While the body takes on the occupation as a stress manager, it is unlikely to be a … Continue reading Re-Engage the Body to Heal →

Projection

Projection can occur in our relationships when we feel powerless. It can act as avoidance of conflict and is likely to show up passively in other relationships.

Mindfulness and the Tongue

The practice of mindfulness provides space to learn how the body postures when stressed, relaxed, or happy.

Mindfulness and Isolation

Our thoughts are apart of us, they are not the sole vote of our identity. On the other hand, if we have difficulty allowing the movement of thoughts, we can feel isolated and stuck.