A message to those who are suffering with PTSD from trauma and abuse.
What Daughters Need From Their Fathers
Five ways fathers and father-figures can give their daughters a loving and supportive foundation.
Five ways fathers and father-figures can give their daughters a loving and supportive foundation.
Sexy is a Man Who…
To the men who helped evolve this list the last 30 years...thank you for being sexy.
To the men who helped evolve this list the last 30 years…thank you for being sexy.
Again…We Love Harder
When mere humanity constitutes a pre-existing condition...we must become braver, fight harder, resist more...love harder.
When mere humanity constitutes a pre-existing condition…we must become braver, fight harder, resist more…love harder.
My Take on ’13 Reasons Why’ – The Original NETFLIX Series
This is not a spoiler alert. This is about the rawness of truth.
This is not a spoiler alert. This is about the rawness of truth.
An Easter Reflection: The Leftovers Will be Left Over no More
This Easter, remember the powerless who are standing tall and claiming they are not, nor have ever been, ‘leftovers’.
This Easter, remember the powerless who are standing tall and claiming they are not, nor have ever been, ‘leftovers’.
Bumping Into Another’s Brokenness
Willingness to be present with a wounded soul and enter the space of healing alongside them is the most powerful act of kindness and compassion.
Willingness to be present with a wounded soul and enter the space of healing alongside them is the most powerful act of kindness and compassion.
Balancing on the Edge of Reality
Managing PTSD is a dizzying balancing act of extreme proportion. Commitments become essential for survival.
Managing PTSD is a dizzying balancing act of extreme proportion. Commitments become essential for survival.
A Meal With a Healthy Serving of Humanity
Four lessons I learned from one man at a homeless shelter on unconditional love and humanity.
Four lessons I learned from one man at a homeless shelter on unconditional love and humanity.
Surrender … My Last Resort.
This armor I had chosen had saved my life countless of times. Surrender meant peeling it off, piece by piece, and still surviving.
This armor I had chosen had saved my life countless of times. Surrender meant peeling it off, piece by piece, and still surviving.
I Couldn’t Think Myself Happy Either
I had thought my way into being a fraud.
I had thought my way into being a fraud.
I Couldn’t Hate Myself Happy
I had spent 48 years learning and perfecting the fine art of self-punishment and still, I could not hate myself happy.
I had spent 48 years learning and perfecting the fine art of self-punishment and still, I could not hate myself happy.
Choosing Life From a Place of Love, Not Fear
I had been living in the hell of fear ... and I was choosing it. Until one day, I made a different choice.
I had been living in the hell of fear … and I was choosing it. Until one day, I made a different choice.
We Can Deny our Personal Sovereignty, Nevertheless it Persists
It is this ability to say “I trust you.” This gives the inner self sovereignty to rule as he/she sees fit, to flow in one’s natural state and not be beholden to another.
It is this ability to say “I trust you.” This gives the inner self sovereignty to rule as he/she sees fit, to flow in one’s natural state and not be beholden to another.
We Can Change The World as Conduits of Love
There is no force in the universe better able to alter fear from its course than love.
There is no force in the universe better able to alter fear from its course than love.
Choosing to Accept My Shame
As an adult, I can meet and befriend my shame, choosing to love and accept it. I can choose to accept healing.
As an adult, I can meet and befriend my shame, choosing to love and accept it. I can choose to accept healing.