How Mindfulness Made Me a Better Parent
Meditation and mindfulness helped Joy overcome the effects of anxiety and become a better parent to her daughters. Here’s how she did it.
Category: Healing
A Letter to Worthlessness
“I have believed you, owned you, lived with you, shrunk because of you, nearly broke apart in your hands many times, I have seen how easily you can destroy.”
How I Told My Kid About the Divorce (He Thanked Me Years Later!)
Rosalind took a unique approach to telling her kid about the divorce. Little did she know that he would end up thanking her for it years later!
Call This a Love Letter, Call It Our Story (A Poem)
“Call this a love letter, call it
Our Story,
unlike anyone else’s, but with threads
and adornments from the Great
Ones—the star-crossed fables, the fairy tales”
What I Learned From Being Exploited
After being exploited, Richard could have easily fallen into resentment and blame. Instead, he chose to learn something valuable from the situation.
Psychiatric Medications Didn’t Heal My Daughter (But This Did)
Medications led Tabita’s 13-year-old daughter to hallucinations, suicidal thoughts, and eight psychiatric hospitalizations. Here’s how she healed.
The Constellations of My Body (A Poem)
“I tanned the cancer into my flesh …shaved my teeth
to needles …filling
my mouth with bathroom fixtures, let doctors
cut me apart like a hunting prize”
Who Will Be There For Me When I Die?
“I will make peace. I have to make peace, in order to die in peace, wherever, whenever that may be.”
The Doctors Said I’d Be in a Wheelchair for Life. This Is How I Healed Myself.
Jennifer was told she’d be in a wheelchair within a year and then continue to deteriorate. This is how she healed herself, physically and emotionally.
