It’s still my faulteven if it’s my default.I’m quick to blame.Quick to assign fault.It’s your fault this happened.OR It’s my fault that it …
Rest
Some tension isn’t from what I’m holding.It’s from how long I’ve been holding it.Rest restores the body.Not with sleep.With release.The kind of …
Rest …
Some tension isn’t from what I’m holding.It’s from how long I’ve been holding it. … …
Ritual
Some emotions don’t fade.They sharpen.They loop.They replay.They rerun the same story,the same scene,the same ache.Replaying the worst parts.Or the …
Ritual …
Some emotions don’t fade.They sharpen. … …
Routine
Some thoughts don’t need to be solved.They need to be softened.Slowed.Dropped.Routine restores my mind.It provides it a breakfrom me.Like walking the …
Routine …
Some thoughts don’t need to be solved.They need to be softened. … …
Reframing Recovery
Recovery isn’t what I do after.It is what I do to begin.I viewed recovery as something for the unfit.A sign of weakness.A habit of the weak.Indulgent. …
Reframing Recovery …
Recovery isn’t what I do after. It is what I do to begin. … …
Restraint
My impulses feel like instructions.Urgent.Obvious.Necessary.They’re not.I don’t need more action.I need less reactions.Reflecting on my …
Sustraint
My feelings arrive too fastfor me to understand.Too deep, to explain.Too loud, to ignore.Too sharp, to respond.I would,I will,I do react to every …
Constraint
My mind moves fast.Too fast.It loops.It leaps.It invents storiesfaster than truth can catch up.Faster than I can catch up.Some of those stories are …