Dear Friends, There’s a moment in every adult life when something cracks open… and nothing goes back to how it was. For me, that moment was my Saturn return. Astrologically, a Saturn return happens around age 29 to 31. This cycle repeats every 29 to 30 years. It marks the time when Saturn, the planet of structure, karma, and deep…
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Dear Friends, Sometimes something can rattle us. A word, a memory, a moment. For me, sometimes it’s not even a memory that triggers me. It might come from seeing something real and heartbreaking, seeing cruelty, reading about suffering or feeling that deep tiredness from realizing how much pain still exists. Sometimes it might come from being a feeling person in…
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A Gentle Note : this letter is for those tender moments when you’re feeling triggered, shaken, or unsure. Let it meet you where you are. Dear Friends, This week something happened that really triggered me.I had to speak up, say something hard, say something true, to my psychological nemesis: that older, authoritative male figure … someone of us all know…
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Dear Friends, For the last decade, I’ve been working hard to heal my trauma from domestic childhood abuse and growing up as the child of an alcoholic. But it’s only in recent years that I’ve also come to realize that my father’s gambling habits affected me in ways that I wasn’t aware of. Gambling and alcoholism tend to go hand…
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Dear Friends, According to studies, millions of adults worldwide are survivors of childhood domestic abuse, enduring the impact of trauma well into their adult years. The scars left by such experiences can manifest in various forms, from emotional distress to physical ailments, shaping the way survivors perceive themselves and experience the world around them. As a survivor of childhood domestic…
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Dear Friends, A Japanese proverb goes, 自己知識は万事の基準 (Jiko chishiki wa banji no kijun) “Self-knowledge is the foundation of all things.” Looking back at my childhood, I have tremendous compassion for that little girl who had to carefully wade through a complex world at such a young age. It was a delicate balance, leading a double life between the charming and…