"I think real growth and healing is noticing how we’re feeling and responding differently to those feelings, rather than not having the feelings at all" << YES!
This is an encouraging message. You have basically summed up what I’ve been only recently learning for the past few years about how people with hurts, sometimes the same ones, heal differently and are all on different timelines of that healing journey.
This is so refreshing! I recently had someone end a friendship with me for this very thing! My healing didn't look like hers. While she indulged in toxic positivity, I unapologetically allow myself to acknowledge AND feel my frustrations, anger, sadness, etc. She said it was too much for her and that I should be more positive (not that I wasn't by any means)..just not positive enough for her I guess. My healing journey is my own and is unique to me. I give myself permission to be it without pressure of what other people's journeys look like.
I, too, found the Walking Dead really powerful and I can’t quite articulate why. Like most people I stopped watching after Glenn but would consider a rewatch. It’s less bleak than The Last of Us but still raises interesting questions.
This is a deep Reflection! “Healing isn’t a brand, style or aesthetic stood out to me😅”! But, How True!!!! Growth and healing truly does look different for each and everyone of us.
"I think real growth and healing is noticing how we’re feeling and responding differently to those feelings, rather than not having the feelings at all."
I preordered mine!
"I think real growth and healing is noticing how we’re feeling and responding differently to those feelings, rather than not having the feelings at all" << YES!
This is an encouraging message. You have basically summed up what I’ve been only recently learning for the past few years about how people with hurts, sometimes the same ones, heal differently and are all on different timelines of that healing journey.
This is so refreshing! I recently had someone end a friendship with me for this very thing! My healing didn't look like hers. While she indulged in toxic positivity, I unapologetically allow myself to acknowledge AND feel my frustrations, anger, sadness, etc. She said it was too much for her and that I should be more positive (not that I wasn't by any means)..just not positive enough for her I guess. My healing journey is my own and is unique to me. I give myself permission to be it without pressure of what other people's journeys look like.
"But healing is not a brand, or a style, or an aesthetic."
Whew. This is a word.
I, too, found the Walking Dead really powerful and I can’t quite articulate why. Like most people I stopped watching after Glenn but would consider a rewatch. It’s less bleak than The Last of Us but still raises interesting questions.
This is a deep Reflection! “Healing isn’t a brand, style or aesthetic stood out to me😅”! But, How True!!!! Growth and healing truly does look different for each and everyone of us.
I absolutely loved this! I have always felt so limited by boxes and “looking” a certain way just because like certain things.
And I saw you mentioned the big leap, absolutely amazing book✨
Thank you Nedra, I’m thinking about your second journal prompt🤍
Nedra would you share your empowerment playlist? Thank you for your work!
"I think real growth and healing is noticing how we’re feeling and responding differently to those feelings, rather than not having the feelings at all."
Nedra. Will you be coming to Dallas Texas on your book tour?