by Stacy | Apr 22, 2021 | blog, Emotional Trauma, Emotions, Growth, Healing Trauma, Inner Work, Self Awareness
I’ve been through trauma. I’ve suffered loss. I can’t do what other people can do. I can’t have what I really want. I’m stuck in this relationship. I’m stuck in these circumstances. I have mental limitations. I have physical limitations. These are things I hear in...
by Stacy | Apr 16, 2021 | blog, Boundaries, Connection, Emotional Trauma, Growth, Healing Trauma, Healthy Relationships, Inner Work
Do you even like that person who just broke up with you? Honestly? Take away all the history and memories and pretend they just walked into your life, fresh in this moment. Do you like who they are? Forget all the potential you saw in them or the relationship and...
by Stacy | Mar 25, 2021 | blog, Connection, Emotions, Growth, Healthy Communication, Inner Work, Self Care, Self-Worth
Closure: a comforting or satisfying sense of finality That’s straight from the dictionary. Have you ever had someone break up with you and it feel comforting and satisfying? Yeah, me neither. If we’re honest with ourselves, we really want these three things when we...
by Stacy | Mar 12, 2021 | blog, Connection, Growth, Healthy Communication, Healthy Relationships, Inner Work
Relationships aren’t steady things. They’re fluid and moving. They have to be, because people are always changing (in good or not-so-good ways). That should be expected, not surprising. It feels awesome when we’re bounding forward, experiencing new things together,...
by Rebecca Schillinger | Feb 26, 2021 | blog, Connection, Growth, Healthy Communication, Healthy Relationships, Inner Work, Self Care
I’ve gone through my share of friendship break-ups and boy, have they been painful. I think it took me about three years to recover from one of them. I don’t want that suffering to be for nothing, so I always try to repurpose the pain as a lesson. What can I learn...
by Stacy | Feb 3, 2021 | blog, Connection, Emotions, Growth, Healthy Relationships, Inner Work, Self Care
I don’t love you anymore. Ever hear that one before? It sucks, but at least it’s honest. It’s better than wasting a whole bunch of time piecing it together because the other person never has the balls to say it. How about this one: I think I’m falling in love with...
