Today's affirmation: "Though this feels eternal, it is not."

"None of these people are your friends" is a devastating realization yet it's one that can herald a true rebirth.

Part of healing is realizing you’re never really fully healed and that it’s okay.

“Imagine me; I shall not exist if you do not imagine me; try to discern the doe in me, trembling in the forest of my own iniquity.”

"The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth."

Grieving is a great, often necessary process for healing, but it’s important that it doesn’t go on indefinitely.

The difference between reacting and acting is a feeling of faith in the self and the world.

A daily (morning, night) routine gives your nervous system a message of safety.

For some us, honestly and compassionately asking ourselves “what do we really want?” can be revolutionary.

It’s Melody Beattie who said that, in order to heal, you need two things: information and (self) kindness.

“Practice having fun until fun becomes fun.”

You can be burnt out of many different things, not just work.

For some of us, the healing that we seek is the feeling that we’ve done enough. That we are enough for this world even with all of our limitations. That we’re not perfect but we’re good.

There are so many lies that trauma tells us, but one of the worst and most destructive is that we have to be completely perfect to merely exist.

You are given a self with the (gentle, self-compassionate) mandate to honor it.

Anything can be done in a healing way if you do it gently, self-compassionately, and (as much as possible) mindfully.

Personal rituals can be a gentle and/or exciting way to introduce structure to your life. Many of the ailments of the mind are inherently resistant to structure despite it being a cornerstone to healing those very same ailments.

Acceptance can be as simple as thinking: “It’s challenging that I’m here, and though I may not like it, I’m here.”

Healing for me is doing much, much less. For you, it might be the opposite, or something in-between. It’s simply the rhythm that both nourishes you and sustains you.

You exist in the same world as the one to which your hopes, dreams, victories, and healing belong.