50: Stories of Blame

Painter sat at the defendants table and announced with absolute certainty, “This is all your fault.”

And I wonder, “Which part is my fault?”

24: Getting it Right

“I’m here to get it right, not be right.” – Brene Brown

I acted dickishly. And by dickishly, I mean I responded with bravado to avoid being vulnerable to a woman I love whose anger still wounds me after all this time.

15: Reminder2self: Accountability

“Accountability doesn’t mean punishment. Accountability is a willingness to accept responsibility for our own actions.”

Thoughts on The Cost of Feigning Intimacy

In truth, I didn’t value myself either, and as such I acted accordingly. Like Reese Piper, “I didn’t realize what it would cost me” to try to be everything for others leaving little for myself.

02: Own Your Shame

The cynical and bitter will call it image management.

Everyone else will call it adulting.

02: Own Your Shame

The cynical and bitter will call it image management.

Everyone else will call it adulting.

63: Pursuing Vulnerability

What matters is my commitment to change and not what others think of my intentions or motivations. I get up every morning and ask myself, “What is my truth to own today?”

13: A Love Letter to the Betrayers – Safety

Feelings are data, not directives.

12: A Love Letter to the Betrayers – Mostly Dead Cats

The meaningful question from my Good Doctor, and other good doctors, is “if you love/care for others why have you lied and kept secrets that has harmed and injured your Loves, lives, and self?”

55: Try This Again Shall We?

It is time do something different. Failure is feedback, not prophesy. This is my rock now. I’ll go push it alone.