First-Aid for Desperate Moments
These phrases provide first-aid assistance when you need to feel better right now.
Appears in the book Wellspring of Compassion
Allow Self-Forgiveness
Self-forgiveness is giving up all hope of being a different person.
Spiritual Abuse: Take Back Your Faith
To heal from spiritual abuse, look inside for what you know for sure.
Addiction as Emotion Management
As you learn new techniques to manage your emotions, you will no longer need to avoid emotional and physical pain through addiction.
Frozen! Thaw from Surrender
When you give yourself full permission to feel helpless and frozen, it paradoxically creates space for healing and effective action.
Many Voices, All Valid
Greet all parts of yourself with compassion to feel the validation you seek.
Create: Walk into Fog
When you create, you are making your way across an unknown foggy landscape one decision at a time.
Deepen Your Roots, Stretch Your Branches
Grow into a shape defined by your history and desires, like a tree becoming more intricately itself every year.
“Trust Me!” and Other Red Flags
When you pay attention to red flags, you claim your power to choose, help your self-trust heal, and make room in your life for people who treat you with respect.
Step Away from Double Binds
How to identify and respond effectively to contradictory demands.
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