With this blog, my hope is to share the insights I gather on my journey to help inspire you on yours.
creating healthy roots for personal growth and transformation
True emotional processing and transformation comes when we can find those faulty roots, dig them up, and then fill them with healthy strong roots founded in self-awareness and self-love. It takes time, effort, and support to learn how to process emotions and difficult experiences, especially the old ones. But this is what can make life so meaningful: constant growth and personal transformation.
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The importance of processing our emotions and experiences to keep us grounded and stable.
How our survival instincts kick in to keep us going… but not forever.
It is as if we have this extensive root system within us. We have grown healthy roots and in some cases we have grown unhealthy roots. These unhealthy roots are developed when we are unable to deal with or process our emotions and experiences. They can be created during times when our needs have been ignored, when we deny who we are, or when we have experienced trauma. In our drive for survival, it is almost as if we have stuffed those roots with the wrong substance; we cover up all of the pain and heartache just to be able to move on. These roots are weak and somewhat hollow, as if they are filled with leaves instead of wood.
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Get grounded, find your center.
Explorations on feeling grounded amidst change
Life is constant change. We are constantly moving and growing and changing. Every day is different. But sometimes it is much harder. During those major life shifts or transitions, when change feels particularly hard, we can completely lose our center. We forget what it means to feel grounded. We find ourselves having to pick up the pieces of normal life and figure out a way to move forward. But how do we do that? How do we rediscover our center and come back to that feeling of being grounded?
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