When Self-Care Doesn't "Work"
You can't fail at self-care. If something isn't helpful, maybe you haven't yet found your own way.
You can't fail at self-care. If something isn't helpful, maybe you haven't yet found your own way.
The cure for shame is to be vulnerable with someone else who is equally vulnerable.
Our creative and spiritual energies come together in healing to restore the whole self, over time.
We don’t have to heal our trauma before we can have a serious spiritual practice . In fact, trauma is an opportunity.
Developing intimate connection with even one other person can create fertile soil for social transformation.
Psychology and spirituality are viewed as separate disciplines, but they shouldn't be. Healing is grounded in the place where they meet.
I’ve accomplished a lot in my life. But deep inside, I feared I was merely impersonating a normal woman. Here’s how the greatest impersonator in SNL history helped me accept myself — trauma and all.
While Mindfulness is a powerful way to foster calm and awareness, it can also trigger trauma. Here's what I learned through my meditation practice.
Storytelling heals. But I grew up split in two. Half of me was a normal child who was praised for writing well. The other half of me lived underground, scarcely breathing and in cold silence.
What to do with the musical legacy of Michael Jackson? People are taking sides: If you believe he was guilty, his music should be wiped from the face of the earth. If you're a diehard fan (like me!), you’re a tacit collaborator in his abuse. What if it's not that simple? What if Michael Jackson’s musical legacy is not EITHER/OR--but BOTH/AND? In the HBO doc Leaving Neverland, both of Michael Jackson's accusers report that they loved him EVEN WHILE HE WAS ABUSING THEM. They said that the...