I’ve spent my life running from my fears. Most of us have. I mean, who wants to go down the mental path of playing out a worst-case scenario to its bitter end? Seems too intense to face such harsh realities. Going deep into our fears is more than most of us are ready to embrace.
Read MoreWe are currently living in an epidemic of environmental illness and repressed emotions manifesting as dis-ease, especially here in the United States. This may sound strange to many. That’s okay. It would have sounded strange to me twelve years ago when my body began presenting with mysterious and debilitating symptoms that I had never in my life faced to such a degree.
Read MoreIrritability and the incessant need to clean. Two warning signs that I might come unhinged if I don’t get honest with myself. A few days ago, I noticed that a healthy dose of honesty was in order.
I thought I was invincible when this all started and the notion that a virus of this severity could reach us here in the U.S. and become a reality. I was impervious to any fears that a pathogen could affect my loved ones or me. I wasn’t afraid.
Read MoreHave you ever had that feeling in the pit of your stomach when faced with a new challenge? That gut punch and rapid heartbeat that seem to electrify you at the near mention of an activity outside your comfort zone? I find it happening more and more lately now that I’m no longer “sick”. So many thrilling life experiences were put on hold for half a decade while I found myself increasingly confined to the stability of my own safe little world. Now that I’m really living life again I find that activities I once took for granted sometimes scare the crap out of me.
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