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?”
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22: A Love Letter to Betrayers – Discomfort (Part 2)
Apparently, among other things, lying, cheating, and carrying secrets feels like food poisoning.
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18: A Love Letter to Betrayers – Imagining Shame
Ghost stories are not based on the realities of my actions but simply imaginings of my intentions intended to slave me to the mast of someone else’s emotional shipwreck. Letting shame go will cut you from the mast and make you the captain of your own destiny.
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05: Hidden Lessons
On Friday I helped a friend cater an event at a local brewery. For reasons I am still sussing out when we arrived I had a full blown anxiety attack. The first serious and debilitating one I’ve had in a very long, long time. I couldn’t focus. I couldn’t remember what people ordered. I couldn’t
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02: Own Your Shame
The cynical and bitter will call it image management.
Everyone else will call it adulting.
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02: Own Your Shame
The cynical and bitter will call it image management.
Everyone else will call it adulting.
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60: I Lied Again
I find myself in places where I end up trying to control her responses and feelings. I believe, and so does she apparently, I am responsible for how she feels and how she responds, not just for what I do.
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60: I Lied Again
I find myself in places where I end up trying to control her responses and feelings. I believe, and so does she apparently, I am responsible for how she feels and how she responds, not just for what I do.
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