Healing
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Now I’ve done therapy, I can deal with everything, all the emotions! So when they arrive I know exactly what to do Disappointment, Anger, grief, self depreciation, annoyance, frustration, tick them all off, I just sit, breathe, and let wash through me like a shower of life’s joys and gratitudes. Do I fuck. Actually, I’ll…
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I realised this week that I’ve been able to breathe for 2 years now, these were the first two years I’d been able to breathe in my whole life I remember when I walked into the flat 25 months ago and being emotional in front of the estate agent. Realising that this was going to…
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Do not be afraid of the you under the skin like a solid orange with a lava interior You are not the labels you gave yourself Someone made you anxious Someone gave you fear Someone gave you shame These are not your labels, just layers Do not be afraid of the you under the skin…
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When you are so busy that you feel perpetually chased when your worrying thoughts circle around your head when the future seems dark and uncertain when you are hurt by someone has said Slow down Even for a moment. What do you hear? What..does..you’re..body..feel? What does the sky look like ? Only when we slow…
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The first layer is the toughest to crack. It took something major for me, it might do for you To admit, finally. To creak open that iron clad exterior That protector. That protective layer. That thing you’ve been using to hide everything vulnerable inside. Staying busy Helping others Survival of the responsible-ist until it cracks…
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In my last piece I shared a little about how we love ourselves through healing, what it means to be kind on ourselves, as we do so, forgiving our missteps, not over dwelling on the tiny attempts to try that fail in the bigger picture of overall healing. Today I have come across this concept.…
James Ballantyne 