You’ve likely heard of “triggers,” events or situations that stimulate sadness or some other emotional response. Did you know you can also have “Trigger Months,” Neighbor? Trigger months can evolve when you have emotional or traumatic events that occur around the same month in different years. Many years ago, I realized that every September and October I felt uninspired, my … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of Faith
Faith. Many of us think of faith has having to do with a belief in God or some form of organized religion. We talk about putting faith in some person, system, doctrine, or deity. We tend to think of blind faith as believing in some God without proof the It exists. But here’s where the contradiction comes in, for we … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of Love
The esteemed Glennon Doyle Melton signs off most of her posts with “Love Wins.” I’ve read a few of her essays on the subject matter and I’m sure there are many more I haven’t read. It’s a pithy little mantra that has recently come into focus on an entirely new level for me. It first surfaced when a person with … Read More