We’ve all heard the stories whispered in coffee shops and support groups. A mother reaches for her phone to call her adult child, then remembers—the number has been blocked. Another sits at a holiday table with an empty chair, the absence more present than anyone who remains. A grandmother holds a birthday card she’ll never […]

We’re All Walking Different Paths—And That’s Where the Healing Lives We’ve all felt it. That tightness in your chest when a family member shares a political view that makes your stomach drop. The way your jaw clenches when a longtime friend posts something on social media that feels so wrong you can barely breathe. The […]

Finding yourself in the desert of transition—and discovering the oasis within You know that feeling when you wake up one morning and realize the life you’ve been living—the roles that have shaped you for decades—suddenly feel… empty? The kids are grown and doing their own thing. The career that ate up your days is over. […]

“So place the acorn of yourself here, in the patch of soil that is your life, and let the growing begin.”— Asia Suler, Mirrors in the Earth There’s something profound that happens when we step outside and truly see the world around us. Not the hurried glance as we rush from car to building, but […]

“I’m too old to learn something new.” “My best years are behind me.” “What’s the point of starting now?” If these thoughts sound familiar, you’re not alone. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner who has worked with women over 60 for more than 15 years, I hear these age-related limiting beliefs almost daily. But here’s what […]

There is a quiet kind of power in learning how to say no. Not the sharp-edged no that cuts and leaves wounds. But the soft, steady no that comes from knowing yourself deeply.

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This being a fact of life as a human, how do we avoid these hurtful words?  Or if we’ve let ourselves down by letting our darker side emerge, how can we recover ourselves and learn from the experience?

Truth, more often than not, comes in through quiet.