States, Feelings, Emotions
There are people who make others feel calmer just by being around them. Not because they have perfect lives. Not because they are always “positive” or endlessly emotionally stable. But because they have the ability to hold life without collapsing under it. They do not...
States, Feelings, Emotions, Trauma
There are experiences that don’t end when they are over. The body leaves the place, time moves forward, life continues — but the mind remains caught in a loop, trying to understand, explain, and regain a sense of control. Some people come to therapy not because they...
States, Feelings, Emotions
I have shared this text before, during COVID, a difficult period of global uncertainty, and I received responses from people saying that it helped them, that it was healing in a quiet, gentle way. I am sharing it again now, because many of us are once more living...
