Category: trauma

Ouch! That hurts.

Newsletter from August 26, 2024

If you have a body, at some point, you will have pain. If you use your heart to love, at some point, you will have grief. Welcome to the various facets of being alive! If you are here, really here, you are here for the whole thing; the good and bad, the beautiful and ugly, the joy and sorrow. Ideally, the whole mix is filled with goodness.

With support, pain and grief can create intimacy and connection. In community, shared joy and sorrow can create a movement. When we experience any of these opposites …

spiritual companionship

by Grow Soul

Pain, Suffering and Relief

I was speaking with a colleague recently about a possible talk on suffering for their community. It’s been a while since I had a speaking engagement and I found myself having one of those moments where you meet someone new and you each take turns saying something that really resonates. It was a fun conversation. I had to chuckle as I spoke with the friend who referred me to speak on this topic. She said, “When I heard the topic was suffering, I knew exactly who could speak to that”.

I have been recently launched into another stream of learning …

trauma

by Grow Soul