Tag: Trauma

• May 29, 2010

  The Attraction to Emotional Trauma

  What is your devastating weakness? Not in the abstract, not philosophically — what is yours, specifically, in the way your inner life actually works? Most people have never answered that…

• May 24, 2010

  This Is for My Life, Not My Conditions

  Making amends is one of the most misunderstood actions in spiritual growth. Most people either avoid it entirely — because accountability feels like exposure and vulnerability — or they perform…

• March 30, 2010

  How Trauma Leaks Into Everything

  There is a particular kind of mental spiral that most people have experienced but few can name clearly. It begins with something small — a car that cuts you off…

• March 18, 2010

  The Inner Voice That Never Lies

  There is a voice inside you that does not panic. It has never felt fear. It is not affected by the noise and pressure of the external world. It is…

• March 8, 2010

  Two Different Problems That Work Together

  There is a specific kind of suffering that almost no one talks about honestly: the experience of knowing your thinking is distorted, but not being able to stop it. Your…