Tag Archives: guilt

The Sunday Hug: You’re stronger than you think

I had a mind blowing epiphany and shift yesterday and I really wanted to share it with you, in case it might help you reframe something painful from your own life. I’ve spent the last 5 years walking around with a whole ton of guilt and shame from the abuse of a previous relationship. The [...]

Ms. Positivity Sunshine Pants be damned.

Bad Dreams I woke up this morning feeling humiliated, broken, hunted. It took me a few minutes to realize it was only a dream. I can’t seem to shake it though. As I sit here writing, drinking my cup of tea, I still feel shaken. I still feel shaky, and a little bit nauseous. I [...]

Meeting myself where I am.

Monday was a long weekend here in Canada, and it was a beautiful one – warm, sunny, and smelling of spring. A friend called me up and armed with camera and sketchbook, we walked down to Victoria Park, a public park that runs along the edge of the harbour. It’s pretty big, so you can [...]

Happy Hour Fridays: I'm exhausted.

The name “Happy Hour Fridays” is starting to get morbidly ironic now. It’s almost ridiculous. Alright, let’s get a rundown of this week. Another big realization Because it seems like I can’t go a day without having one. My big thing, my big trigger, is shame. I mean, I kind of knew that, part of [...]

Happy Hour Fridays: This is me, baring my soul.

I’m not going to have a list of awesome things today. I had a huge, gigantic, crazy-but-probably-totally-obvious-to-anyone-who-knows-me revelation about myself this morning, and I kind of need to talk about it right now, because I’m still trying to make sense of it. I give myself away. I spoke the other day about how I often [...]

The Breaking Point

Warning: This is me being incredibly vulnerable. Go easy on me. I’m crying right now. I don’t really know how that happened, but I seem to be crumbling again, for the third time in 4 days. I feel like I’m running in circles. I try, and I try, and I try and I seem to [...]