The hardest thing to do in moments of deep distress is to stay fully present. It’s hard because the human brain and body learn quickly how to answer attacks they can’t escape: they help us survive by taking us somewhere else, anywhere else but here. As I’ve mentioned, my brain recently took me away from […]
The gift of non-attachment
Recently I talked with a former colleague about the gracious way our community had held space for both of us to outgrow and leave it. “It’s been like an incubator,” she said. “Like an eggshell,” I said. If you’re a growing chick, there’s no point in getting attached to your shell. It nourishes you, makes […]