Uncovering Peace
This quote by Joshua Fields Millburn landed in my Inbox last week: “Peace cannot be created – it is already there beneath the chaos.” The truth of this struck me at once. We don’t construct peace. We uncover it. Photo by Nicole Mason on Unsplash The practice of...
Traumatic Response: Flight
Last week I wrote about the traumatic response of fawn, as described by Pete Walker, author of Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. This week I’m tackling another of my strongest trauma responses, that of flight. Photo by Ian Espinosa on Unsplash Flight, or...
Belonging
Today is the Autumn Equinox. It’s cool, cloudy, and damp here in central Maine. My attic windows are open and I can hear acorns falling from our oak tree and cars going by, tires hissing on the wet road. I’ve been reading The Enchanted Life by Dr. Sharon Blackie, and...