Appreciate the lesson and let the disappointment go. #ReadTheStain #writer #coach #psychology #spirituality #mindfulness #presence...

That's what therapists are for! #ReadTheStain #writer #coach #psychology #spirituality #mentalhealth #mindfulness #therapy #friendship...

The ultimate kindness is patience with ourselves. No matter how long it takes. #ReadTheStain #writer #coach #psychology #spirituality...

Everyone gets into a scrape or bottoms out in a pothole from time to time. If you've hit a rough patch, keep rolling. The view improves...

Today's mindfulness challenge is to listen to the way we speak to others, and then deeper to the messages we direct to ourselves. How...

Whatever it is we are going through, we need to feel it fully to reach the other side. Trying to avoid feelings is a trap that keeps us...

Hopes, fears, assumptions, responses to trauma, self-imposed limitations, patterns of relating, patterns of abuse, addictions, religious...

On the surface, everyone wants optimal health, but we see people promoting illness in various ways. Pain can remind us of moments we must...

We tend to forget pain after we heal. Perhaps this is why we choose to keep some wounds open, so we always remember. Ask: What injury am...

Some see the world as broken. Others see opportunities to make things better. #ReadTheStain #writer #psychology #spirituality...

The nature of the mind is to focus on pain - physical and otherwise. Today's challenge is to shift focus to where pain once was but no...

Heartache seems to travel a path from bitter (pain only) to bittersweet (pain mixed with positive memories) to sweet (the hurt is...

When children play, they naturally take turns, while adults tend to become more rigid about their roles. Accepting what others have to...

I remember being terrified to fly on a plane. Now I'm usually asleep before the plane takes off. I'd rather be rested when I arrive at my...

We can't always avoid being used, lied to, hurt, or cheated, but we can control our response. Every self-pitying thought is a sip of...

There are good reasons we build walls. Sometimes we need an entire fortress to retreat into and heal. This is okay - protecting ourselves...

Shifting perspective by physically removing ourselves from an upsetting situation is powerful medicine. A road trip, retreat, time to...

Happy Halloween, Friends 🎃 #ReadTheStain #writer #blogger #coach #psychology #spirituality #mentalhealth #growth #empowerment #healing...

I once had the childhood chore of polishing the silverware before the holidays. Freeing the shiny silver from the dull tarnish was like...

Bullies come back to haunt us in the form of negative self-talk. Perhaps we weren't able to defend ourselves in the past, but we can now...