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Why Do I Feel Depressed?

When does identifying our or others' needs become a coping mechanism that hides the real problems that go unaddressed, and thereby reinforcing problems? This article zooms out to take a look at how dealing with our needs in the absence of the larger picture can inadvertertly support unhealthy ways of operating, rather than become a healthy solution. It asks us to see what could be hidden --...
Help for Overwhelm

Reducing overwhelm requires you to reconnect with your authentic choice, be present and compassionate with what's happening, heal trauma, and interrupt the trauma response. Read on for ways that may help you reconnect with your choice, presence and more on trauma. Read this article Keywords: stress busy overwhelm authenticity LaShelle Lowe-Chardé Elia Lowe Charde
Courage

to Narcotics Anonymous every day for the next 30 days if she would commit to it! He cared. Her courage to fight moved him; his courage to help moved her. When last we spoke, Joanne was on a healing path! Peter, died recently and the mark he left most on me and the people who knew him is the courage he had for authentically being his caring, playful, jokester, artist self. Carl Rogers, the...
Nonviolence in the Face of Hatred

to nonviolence is challenged. Here, Miki highlights practices and lessons from her story of inner struggle -- including an insight about how, even in extreme polarization, our freedom and healing is wrapped up in others' freedom and healing. Read this article Keywords: practices reactivity self love self compassion self awareness self reflection introspection inner work liberation freedom choice...
The Jackal as a Teacher

it is trying to protect me from the disappointment of failure. I may not enjoy its methods, but I now know that it has my best interests at heart. Do not think that ignoring your jackal will be healing. The more you ignore your jackal, the louder and fiercer it howls! Your jackal truly cares about your well-being. Hear it, empathize with it, learn its intentions, and create more satisfying...
Don't Assume You Know What Other People Need

we are uncomfortable and we want to feel better. When we can express our problems to someone who is comfortable listening to us, and who believes in our ability to solve our issues, it is very healing If someone comes to you to talk about a problem they are having, try to stop and listen deeply. Tell yourself that your role is not to solve her problem, but rather to hear her. Your listening...
Being Held And Transformed In The Formless

of unity we may relax, open, expand -- and connect to formless human needs, a sense of universal well being, benevolence and good will. Loving action flows from here. Suffering shifts into deep healing, grace and new possibility. Are you, like me, more and more often feeling a depth of grief seeing ways that we humans are relating to each other and to this beautiful living Earth? As we stare...
The Presence Of Hearing Someone Deeply

experience. It is a moment in which we offer our presence to another human being to contribute to her life and meet our own needs for contribution and connection. It is priceless, powerful, and healing. It can defuse a violent situation in a few seconds and provide a level of clarity that catapults someone to a deeper level of personal understanding. It is what most people long for, but few know...
NVC & Social Change

Access this complete 8 session course We've seen how Nonviolent Communication can provide immense personal healing, but questions have arisen on whether it can also contribute to meaningful social change. Roxy believes it can, on both the individual level and the systemic level. NVC for Social Change teaches how to navigate these challenging social issues with love and compassion. By leveraging...
Radical Understanding In A Post-Truth World

The Coronavirus pandemic is bringing to light aspects of society that were already increasingly showing signs of dysfunction and unhealth but now are more visible. One of these is how we as a society relate to truth. Through the marvel of the internet we have access to virtually unlimited amounts of information and opinions presented from a myriad of sources. There are those of us who believe...