Becoming better at feeling…

We've all had at least a small taste of this experience: a wave of anxiety hits, a surge of anger boils, or a pang of sadness lingers. Our immediate instinct? To push it away, to distract ourselves, to try and make ourselves feel better. "Your Daily Dose" is a quick two minute read packed with … Continue reading Becoming better at feeling…

Without self-acceptance, we’re never truly safe to be honest with ourselves.

A trap we easily fall into when we’re trying to do better, to grow, to heal, is reaching for an "ideal" way of being or feeling, as a kind of proof of our progress. It's easy to be disappointed by "negative" thoughts and feelings and read them as a step backwards in our attempt to … Continue reading Without self-acceptance, we’re never truly safe to be honest with ourselves.