Counseling at the Crossroads
To be at a Crossroads is to recognize choice is a privilege & it’s an opportunity to be courageous & aline with your truth. A Crossroads is a time to practice agency!
A Crossroads is not a rare thing…they are everywhere, they appear in every minute of every day. They are signaled from outside you & they are present in your mind.
living in the in-between…
Right now you are in the “in-between,” which contains all possibilities. In this space you may ask yourself if you really need help, if it’s really that bad, etc.
Whatever choices you make, I invite you to be open to ALL that is possible & that you have AGENCY…you have a say in what happens next.
What will you do with your precious life, your human ability to be consciously aware?
you don’t want fear to run your life
you want to feel your life is worth living
you don’t want to feel stuck any longer
you want to feel more “you”
you want more fulfillment in your relationships
you want to express your truth
you need support integrating what has happened to you
you don’t want to repeat the same patterns again & again
you want to feel peace
you want to feel joy
you don’t want the weight of the world on your shoulders
you want more trust in yourself
you want to be more kind to yourself
you want to feel free
why engage in therapy…
I am NOT talking about optimization!
FUCK OPTIMIZATION!
I am talking about protecting & expressing (y)our HUMAN-NESS!
with the state-of-the-world…is going to therapy an indulgence?
We all need more support right now.
It’s not for me to say what is frivolous luxury.
What I believe is that in times of strife & dissolution, it is those who are conscientious, creative & grounded who are poised to lead & inspire others into a new age or a new way.
Humanity is at an intense threshold.
We have no choice but to come together & remember our humanity, our empathy.
Whatever support you choose…make it substantial…make it count!
Being Human…
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When we dance, sing & share stories it creates connection, joy & feelings of aliveness. These are practices of attunement & syncing.
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These skills are under serious threat…already our critical thinking skills are being diminished.
Protect your brain, exercise your mind.
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Nature is better than any anti-depressant…less expensive…& as they say “love your Mother Earth.”
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Whatever it is…something spiritual, something conceptual (Love, for example)….god, the Earth, the universal one-ness.
Have you defined your values? Are they values you will feel were worthwhile as you lay dying?
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We need silence…we need to know what our minds are doing.
Silence is magical, rare & worth protecting.
Start small…simply allow yourself to be in silence while taking your daily bath or shower…don’t listen to anything while driving…be in the silence.
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There is always joy to be found in the body…even for those of us who are very sensitive.
What does your animal body love?
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We are made of Water, Fire, Earth, Metal & Space…we are material, animated!
Can you feel into your own aliveness?
Your heart beats, the electricity of the nervous system signal & communicates, the darkness of the body contains our life force.
Miraculous!
“And now I understand something so frightening and wonderful- how the mind clings to the road it knows, rushing through crossroads, sticking like lint to the familiar."
”You do not have to be good./ You do not have to walk on your knees/ for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting./ You only have to let the soft animal of your body/ love what it loves.”
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
-Mary Oliver