I just turned it on ten minutes ago and am texting my local friends to turn it on cause this is a HOOT.

PLEASE KNOW I HAVE AT THE READY BOTH ENDLESS HUGS AND SHARED RAGE FOR THE MINISTRY TRAUMA.

Why does it feel like I’ve met you already???

YOU ARE COMING BACK?!?!

Can confirm firsthand that cancellations and warnings aren’t keeping Minnesotans scared at home. Really freaking proud of us today.

You’re welcome! I hope that you’re able to approach what can be a heavy and grief-filled reflection with a fresh perspective that brings some new grace and joy into it all.

What a wonderful thing to know and like. 😊 When I told my therapist about this whole epiphany on Friday and she asked who I AM when I’m safe…I surprised myself by actually having a little bit of an answer. Oh what a beauty that is after all this time.

“Who am I when I’m safe?”

Don’t try to figure out who you could’ve been without your past. We can’t remove what’s already happened.

But who you are today, when you are safe and your nervous system knows it - the true joyful you that your trusted people get to see?

Then who is responsible for naming them “funeral potatoes,” hmm???

Such a reasonable answer. 🤣

Don’t text and walk at the same time. 🩼

I just finished Sheila Wray Gregoire & Dr. Keith Gregoire’s The Marriage You Want and it was very very good. Especially how they illustrated with a reworked Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Go read it.

Does anyone else ever need to keep track of therapy topics so they don’t forget come appointment time? Or maybe it isn’t every therapist that starts by having you list three topics to talk about that session.

I deeply hope that the Lord will provide reminders of the things in your life worth big celebrations, the ways you are seen and known and cherished. I’m running the risk of trite Christianese at this point, so I’ll stop there and say there is space for whatever you are feeling.

You’ll never believe this…

It was sharp cheddar.

Lately, my brain is continually thinking back to learning Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in my education courses during college. When everything feels shitty, I start there and move on up so I can channel that drive and rage into some good.

I didn’t word the prior post clearly enough…Thursday brain.

I’m going to dig into discernment and am taking recommendations for that!

I cross-posted this to The Bad Place 2.0™️, so if you see it both places you only need to reply one.