The Power of Seeing Value
We all want to be seen, known, and loved. It validates and empowers us. We need it. But, to be seen means there’s someone doing the seeing. Someone using…
What is Post Traumatic Growth and Is It Real?
We hear the term Post Traumatic Growth and can easily misunderstand what it is. I wanted to understand so I researched what it really is. The questions: What is…
The Truth About Shame
Shame is perhaps the most prevalent side-effect of childhood trauma and leads to many self-destructive behaviors. Its corrosiveness erodes a person’s identity as no other emotion can. Shame…
The Power of Knowing You’re Loved in Your Messy Life
Do you know how powerful it is to know you’re loved? Your immediate response might be yes, of course. But do you really? I know I didn’t. I knew…
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “BE SEEN”? (Many Benefits)
Three years ago I published my Manifesto. It’s my statement of purpose. The title is Love’s Manifesto: to be seen, to be known, and to be loved into wholeness.…