Tag: authenticity
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Un-Safety
A relationship without emotional safety is not a healthy relationship. A relationship without safety is merely an insecure attachment, or a trauma bond. Safety brings freedom, to express, to have needs, to be vulnerable, to feel, and to grow. Anything less is emptiness
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My Patchwork Heart
Sewing the pieces of my heart back together, with surgical precision, a delicate endeavour. Sensing the guidance of spirits and elders; a work of love, for sons and daughters. Each piece a moment frozen in time. Memories of childhood, my sisters hands in mine. Joy of birth. Fast forward. Rewind. Holding my mothers hand as…
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Holding
Holding tightly, tensed emotions; Feeling unsafe, fearing exposure. Hold it all in, invisible chains; muscle memories, bound in shame. Holding others at arms distance; Don’t come close. Fight inner resistance. Hold it together, can’t fall apart. No reprieve, constricts the heart. Hold your tongue. Silence your voice. Stagnant secrets, costly choice. Holding back, quietly reserved.…
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Simply Excitable
Like a glass of champagne, fizzing to the brim. Larger than life, maybe overwhelming. Some find it too much unbridled spontaneity! Unrestrained joy spilling forth, labelled over-excitability. Being ‘Over-Excited’ – a restrictive judgement. You’re Being Too Much – imposes containment. Incorrigibly Excitable, unapologetically free. Harming no one, if you’d just let me be.
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Change
Hard to admit when I show up unhelpfully, Kicking myself at missed opportunity. Speaking impulsively, creates separation. Try keeping quiet, not offering suggestion. A door was opened, a well-meaning invitation, But my ego reared up with a barrage of accusation. Wish I’d paused for thought, some time for reflection. Chewed back my words given chance…
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I’m Fine.
What do you hear when I say “I’m fine”? Do you hear the pain that’s lurking behind the simple dismissal, a door firmly closed. Please don’t ask more, for fear I’ll disclose my inadequate failing, to put words to feelings, Revealing my self as fundamentally lacking. Seeking a right reply, to genuine interest in my…
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If not now, then when?
You can say all the right words and do all the right things but it barely adds up to a life with meaning. You can feel all your feelings and mind all your thoughts but if you don’t learn the lesson it’s all for nought. 🌻
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Free
Intrusive memories, Replay over and over. Tortuous rumination A twisted pleasure. To name the emotions, An indescribable gift. Hit the nail on the head, Release, feel a shift. Time travel back To each painful moment. To stop more harm, Freeze everyone present. Stand fearlessly beside Little ‘you’ that is hurting. Attune, feel resonance, In the…
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Healing
I am healing myself. Truth 💛 I am pausing and feeling my emotions instead of avoiding them. Mad, bad, sad, glad. Surrender 💛 I am softening, becoming more open and more vulnerable. The walls are crumbling as I find safety in my own skin. Trust 💛 I am resting. I am listening. It is only…
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What will August bring?
Authenticity… being so uniquely me, in all my colours. To be authentic requires that I really know myself. I felt completely lost, invisible, isolated. Getting to know myself has been a big part of my journey. 🌻 I really thought I knew myself quite well. I thought that, generally, I was fairly self aware. I…
To The Core 