This a beautiful and profound essay Kim. I love the way you used nature to paint a symbolic picture leading up to the tips, which are amazing by the way, about difficult emotions. Glad to have found you!
Would like to add to this discussion. As a person in recovery, I sometimes struggle because I have forgiven myself for not managing my disease effectively. Then, I read things like this and think I am flawed for my lack of resilience. I know both things can be true. Naturally, I lean towards thinking of myself as trash… but that thinking got me here. I need a new way. AA has helped so much. Any thoughts?
Everything is a work in progress and not having resilience doesn’t make you flawed. Resilience is something you CAN learn. I’d definitely recommend working on your negative self talk. Thinking that you are trash does not make it factual or true. This is a good place to start:
Kim thank you so much for this beautiful post. Just five minutes ago I was on the phone discussing just the same feelings and after I found your post. Karma❤️
Kim, thanks so much for this insightful post. I spend a lot of time sitting with my my emotions, uncomfortable and comfortable. They are all worthy of our time and we can't ignore the uncomfortable ones because we need to learn and heal from them.
Just discovered this beautiful essay by way of your post about grief. I restacked this one with a quote from it I especially liked.
Thank you 🙏
This a beautiful and profound essay Kim. I love the way you used nature to paint a symbolic picture leading up to the tips, which are amazing by the way, about difficult emotions. Glad to have found you!
Wow. Your kind words mean so much (especially from a fellow therapist). Thank you so much.
I’m glad you found me. Thanks for being here.
Beautiful!
Thank you Kim, for sharing such deep Wisdom. It brings me comfort, your words and your beautiful pictures. 🙏❤
What a beautiful thing to say. I appreciate you being here. ❤️
Now I get it underline the words buy me a cup.
Thanks.
Difficult emotions are grist for the mill, like Ram Dass said. Life is major and minor keys, consonance and dissonance, yin and yang.
I like this! What a fitting quote.
Like they say in AA: “You better get comfortable with being uncomfortable.”
Thank you for the reminder.
Would like to add to this discussion. As a person in recovery, I sometimes struggle because I have forgiven myself for not managing my disease effectively. Then, I read things like this and think I am flawed for my lack of resilience. I know both things can be true. Naturally, I lean towards thinking of myself as trash… but that thinking got me here. I need a new way. AA has helped so much. Any thoughts?
Hi, Jo:
Everything is a work in progress and not having resilience doesn’t make you flawed. Resilience is something you CAN learn. I’d definitely recommend working on your negative self talk. Thinking that you are trash does not make it factual or true. This is a good place to start:
https://open.substack.com/pub/kimcdickerson/p/negative-self-talk
YW :)
I think we both know just how uncomfortable it can get. Keep doing the hard work, Matt.
Kim thank you so much for this beautiful post. Just five minutes ago I was on the phone discussing just the same feelings and after I found your post. Karma❤️
Whether it’s karma or serendipity, I’m so glad you found me. Thank you for your kind comment. ❤️.
Kim, thanks so much for this insightful post. I spend a lot of time sitting with my my emotions, uncomfortable and comfortable. They are all worthy of our time and we can't ignore the uncomfortable ones because we need to learn and heal from them.
As hard as it, yes we do. It took me a long time to learn that lesson. Thank you for being here. ❤️
It took me a long time too.