Shame is an emotion that we experience when we've violated some social norm, or some perceived social norm we fear that we have, and we've got to keep our actions secret. Because to reveal them could lead to being cast out of the community or some terrible repercussions. That's how important belonging is.

Inner Child Work & Cognitive Restructuring

1. Understanding Negative Cognitions and Beliefs

• Inner Child Work:

  • Where did this language start? Explore where the negative self-talk or beliefs originated in childhood or early life.

  • These beliefs often become ingrained as truths in your mind, formed during early experiences.

• Self-sustaining part of herse

Gratitude Journal Practice

1. Daily Gratitude Reflection

   • Write down 3 things you're grateful for each day.

   • Make sure to choose something different each time to help you stay mindful of new aspects of your life.

2. Change Up Your Routine

   • Do something different every day to break your usual patterns.

     • Examples: If you usually walk a certain way, take a different

Being a good listener and a non judgmental presence is enough.

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

- Mary Oliver

you don't think your way into a new way of behaving. You behave your way into a new way of thinking.

Don’t turn your head. Keep looking at the bandaged place. That’s where the Light enters you. —Rumi (1995)

“The wolrld is not here to make you happy. It’s here to awaken you” - eckhart tolle

“if something seems weird. it is weird.”

Authors should not write from their wounds, they should write from their scars” - Nadia Bolz-Webber