Your Astonishing Light

Photo credit: Rebel Recovery “I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”  – Hafiz You are not alone on this human journey. Annie.

Seasons in Life and Recovery

For writers and “recoverers,” I’m sharing some beautiful writing by Laura McKowen about her life journey and journey of recovery from alcohol addiction.  I love that she touches on loneliness, something I can relate to very much in my own life and feel shame about, and mental health and financial crises.  The poetry she refers…

Being, Belonging, Doing, Becoming: To Thine Own Self Be True

I am trying to get back on track. For much of the past week, I’ve been so dissociated that I’ve felt like I’ve been “viewing my life from fifty feet high up in the air,” as Olga Trujillo describes it. It’s upsetting.  It’s frightening.  I don’t want to be like that.  I can’t be like…