If you hide your light to avoid being rejected,if you avoid conflict out of fear of abandonment,if vulnerability feels dangerous,that is not connection:it is survival. And when, in the relationship, you have to be the guide, the therapist, the emotional mother or father,that dynamic no longer feels like a relationship between peers. When one individual… Continue reading From Relational Survival to Shared Presence
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Integrity is not morality—it is Living Love
Integrity is not being divided within myself.It’s when what I feel, think, say, and do become one. Many times, the container became too small for my wings.My light asked for space.My heart called first. If I silence my Truth, I lose myself.If I shrink to not to make others uncomfortable, I betray myself. And yes:… Continue reading Integrity is not morality—it is Living Love
Poem: The Fertile Unknown
When the uncertain knocks at your door,the familiar dissolves.What you were doingslips away between your hands.Silence takes over.The fertile void opens.You make room for your dreamsand for what your soulis drawn to explore.Your heart opens with everyheartbeat,with every steptoward the unknown.