I’m not sure what it is, but I’ve always been a pretty serious person. I recognize that life is both short and long and that all we have is the present moment. I was nostalgic even in elementary school. Yet, I have this other thing, where when it’s time to let something go, I really do. It’s a process to sift through, which was the impetus for creating this blog 10 years ago, but I release things initially pretty well and sort as I go. It’s a weird dichotomy because I imagine most people who are nostalgic also probably struggle to release. My ability to release has also grown quite a bit since I started my chaplain training…
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I’ve been working on and through so many things in the last few years. Doing 6 units of Clinical Pastoral Education back to back (a year of residency followed by a year of fellowship) led me down many personal paths of trauma processing, grief work, growth, and integration. Going through my ordination process and a divorce at the same time led to additional depths of pain and healing…
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