Tag: emotional healing
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The Sacred Questions and Self Awareness
There was a time in my life when things were just so bad! In my mind I felt hopeless. I could not see a way out. I was stuck. I had been taught all my life, however, that we are special and that we humans are meant to overcome our difficulties in life; to learn…
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This year I am thankful for . . .
So many thing I could list but for this year I am especially thankful for the release of my long held pain which I thank God for the help in healing, as well as all my wonderful friends and family for being so supportive through my long journey to recovery. Life can throw us some…
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“When The Body Says No; Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection” by Gabor Mate, M.D. A Book Review
I am reading, for the second time, “When the Body Says No; Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection”. The connection between the emotions and the physical body play a more important role than many people realize. Dr. Mate recognizes and writes about this in very definite ways. The first time I read this book I was looking…
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Is Someone Shoulding on you? Are You Shoulding on Yourself?
One of the words Patricia Evans talks about in her book “The Verbally Abusive Relationship” is the word “should”. To tell someone they “should” do this, or “should” do that, is a controlling way of communicating. Shoulding is of the ways we abuse ourselves and others. Shoulding suggests shame if you don’t do what you…
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About Michele
At this point in my journey I believe the most important thing we gain in this life is our relationships. This means connecting with others. Not only with other people, but with everything that exists. I know this probably sounds a little “woo woo” but I guess I am a little woo woo. Lol! To…
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The Belly Brain: Exploring Emotions
I have noticed in the last couple of years that my belly thinks . . . or rather, I should say my belly feels. When I want to know how I am feeling, my awareness falls into my belly to see. When my awareness is in my brain in my head, I think, I don’t…
Michele Ballantyne 