From Burned Out to Beloved

Perhaps it is in the conflict between these qualities of eagerness and despair that such deep fatigue arises to limit our healing. In examining Column A and Column B, we can almost see the conflict between the mind and body, between whom we wish to be and what we are frightened we may become. In this no-man’s-land between Column A and Column B, bet

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What we need is a culture where the common experience of trauma leads to a normalization of healing. Being able to say: I have good reasons to be scared of the dark, of raised voices, of being swallowed up by love, of being alone. And being able to offer each other: “I know a healer for you.” “I’ll hold your hand in the dark.” “Let’s begin a medita

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