All life grows outward from that which is healthy and alive.

 

Any process of change and improvement, be it personal or collective, must address any unresolved need for healing. This work is not simply a one-time-only task that we can check off and then set aside and forget about; rather, healing is a continuous, ongoing approach to life.

 

This is a collection of ideas about what healing means, how to go about it, and why it matters.

 

 

Quotes

Trauma

The Paradox of Change and Acceptance

 

 

Tidbits

Difficult Truths About Healing

Discomfort is Not Danger

Loving Ourselves Feels Like Many Things

Self-Medicating

Somatic Trauma Healing

 

 

Essays

Embracing my own personal need for healing: Mosaic (April 2020)

Pursuing Joy in Defiance of Oppression (May 2022)

Learning to Be On My Own Side (November 2022)

Lessons about healing from unexpected places: What My Unkempt Yard Taught Me About Liberation (December 2022)