pain

Different Ways, Russian Doll Healing

I was reading an article in the magazine Kindred Spirit on the Matryoshka Method, developed by Therapist Cedric Speyer. In the article he brings up some key things that I never really thought about. He says that traditional therapies focus on our pain, the peeling back of layers of pain to find the ‘root’ pain.Continue reading “Different Ways, Russian Doll Healing”

A Scarred Sacred Heart

My grief has taken me this morning, like the hurricane takes the land. So gloriously freeing, and painful. Damn you wretched heart, some wounds go too deep and will never heal. I feel the grief pour out of me like a crack in a dam, it pushes until I finally break. Years of agony fromContinue reading “A Scarred Sacred Heart”

A Chasing Phase

So long I have chased the past, Through tangling vines and thorns. To find myself pained and scarred. What once was, And People we once ran to, Are no more. There is no solace in their words or company, Only empty past versions of who we once were. The wind blows so fiercely here toContinue reading “A Chasing Phase”

A Bit of Romace, Lessons, Pain, and Moving

I have been thinking a lot about relationships lately. All kinds of relationships but with my wedding right around the corner I have been thinking a lot about romantic relationships between people. I used to believe that two people needed to be whole before a relationship could last, but I am finding that this justContinue reading “A Bit of Romace, Lessons, Pain, and Moving”

Growing Pains

I have gone through many transformations in my life, but I have never regressed to the extent that I have over the last 8 months. Being here I have felt like I was 13 again. Like life just halted and took me back to a time, place, and person I no longer am. I haveContinue reading “Growing Pains”