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Family, NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 3, 2015

The temptation to numb

I woke up this morning feeling the weight of the world. Actually it felt like I was drowning in manure. I was feeling very intensely a […] Read More

NaBloPoMo, Personal Posted onNovember 1, 2015

It’s November!

It’s November 1. This photo sums up my state of being for today. It was really nice to do next-to-nothing all day.

31 Days (October), Personal Posted onOctober 31, 2015

Seeing and Being Seen

This is my last post for October’s 31 Days Writing Challenge. While I didn’t write every day I was able to get a lot of […] Read More

31 Days (October), Church, Faith, Personal Posted onOctober 26, 2015

Good News?

As an evangelical Christian, I grew up hearing the Gospel and knowing about the Four Spiritual Laws. I knew about “asking Jesus into your heart” […] Read More

31 Days (October), Family, Personal Posted onOctober 23, 2015October 24, 2015

Surrender

I want to talk about surrender. Dictionary.com defines surrender as follows: “to give oneself up, as into the power of another; submit or yield; to […] Read More

31 Days (October), Personal, Vulnerability Posted onOctober 22, 2015November 14, 2015

Here’s vulnerability for you

I haven’t been feeling that good emotionally lately – too much emotional processing going on. Somedays I feel okay and other days I feel crappy […] Read More

31 Days (October), Personal, Vulnerability Posted onOctober 17, 2015November 14, 2015

‘Healthy’ Vulnerability?

There’s been some pretty emotional stuff happening in my world lately. Lots of processing, lots of thinking about the stories I tell myself. Yesterday, something […] Read More

31 Days (October), Personal, Vulnerability Posted onOctober 15, 2015November 14, 2015

Why Vulnerability?

So far this month I’ve talked a lot about shame and what we do to try to cope and protect ourselves from it. We put […] Read More

31 Days (October), Personal, Shame Posted onOctober 13, 2015November 14, 2015

Combating Shame

Everyone experiences shame and there is no way we can eliminate it from our lives. As Brown puts it, “As long as we care about […] Read More

31 Days (October), Personal, Shame, Vulnerability Posted onOctober 12, 2015November 14, 2015

How we protect ourselves – the Vulnerability Armor

I’m taking the information I list in this post from Brene Brown’s Daring Greatly and I’ll list source information at the bottom of this post. […] Read More

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