"And the day came when I smiled again."
Therapy is Alchemy
Misrecognition, if it can't get cleared up, calls for exquisite energetic boundaries, great self-love, and staying close with those who know you and support you.
To be in our ever-evolving best, it works to
* gently foster healing from adverse experiences,
* learn from them as much we can,
* grow in our understanding, compassion, and capacities, and
* practice healthy, skillful, adaptive ways of being and relating. ©
Yielding
Into yourself
With yourself
For yourself
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©BrigittaKarelis
You be you.
During times of hardship, it's good to have support.
Yes: Traumatic experiences can make us kinder, wiser, and stronger.
The journey from BUT to AND is a journey worth taking.
Seen
Heard
Respected
Understood
Valued
Safely
Ice
melts
Buds
open
Feeling stuck, confused or crazy? Maybe something is incongruent, and your body is holding conflicting impulses.
We are sensitive, fluctuating systems that we can influence with ease.
Sometimes it helps to gently whisper to ourselves: "here. now."
What to do with so much grief?
Maybe, share it.
We can offer everything.
The body's "freeze" response during trauma is a great survival resource. Let's liberate any energy that might still be frozen, held tight within your body, now. In a healthy, empowering way.
Sometimes, on the way to let things go it helps
to let them be.
Can we connect with Loved Ones, whether they passed from this world or not?
The body is both a mirror and a tool, like a musical instrument. Like a mirror, it can show us our strengths as well as limiting patterns that stem from unresolved trauma and relational pain. Like an instrument, we can use it to shift these and find new, adaptive options that serve us well.
Life is moving us forward, now.
Experiences of death are woven into life.
Healing is a creative journey. It can also be intense, and requires, and deserves, tender love and care.
May there be safety, peace, and health, everywhere.
"Now, it's a memory with agency in it."
Emotions carry many gifts and can serve as powerful agents for change and lasting transformation.
