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I speak my truth to heal. I no longer run from my shadows.

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Awareness & Awakening, Poetry, Shadow Stories

The Healing Power of the Poem

Sometimes a poem wakes you up in the middle of the night. Like a baby kicking, it’s inside you, dancing with its own consciousness, until you must throw open your eyes and acknowledge its existence. Continue reading The Healing Power of the Poem

SkyeNovember 9, 2021November 9, 20211 Comment
Awareness & Awakening, Recovery & Discovery

Writing to Heal and Finding My Breath

For me, poetry has the power to heal, to transform. It is how I shake out the cobwebs of past shame and through open the curtains to shine light upon my darkness. Continue reading Writing to Heal and Finding My Breath

SkyeAugust 19, 2021October 27, 20211 Comment
empowerment

Flipping Off Failure

I think I probably considered myself a FAILURE for most of my early adult life. But what if I wasn’t? When we reframe failure in our minds as a TOOL, it becomes a game-changer. Continue reading Flipping Off Failure

SkyeApril 30, 2021April 30, 2021Leave a comment
Recovery & Discovery

From Recovery to Discovery

So we decide to quit drinking alcohol… are we destined to be ‘Recovering’ for the rest of our lives? Continue reading From Recovery to Discovery

SkyeApril 19, 2021May 26, 20211 Comment
Recovery & Discovery

Busting the Belief – “Drinking makes me cool”

When I initially decided that I needed to stop drinking, my biggest fear was that I would lose my identity. On Day 2 I wrote in my journal in shaky handwriting: Who am I? Continue reading Busting the Belief – “Drinking makes me cool”

SkyeApril 11, 2021April 10, 20211 Comment
Awareness & Awakening

Thoughts on Thoughts, by a Half-Assed Scientist

I love it when I ‘believe’ things or ‘know’ them to be true in my guts and then find out that science is busy proving the same thing. Continue reading Thoughts on Thoughts, by a Half-Assed Scientist

SkyeApril 2, 2021June 6, 20213 Comments
Recovery & Discovery, sobriety

The Dread Pit

It was an underlying sense that something was slipping through my fingers, but I couldn’t quite figure out what. It was a feeling that something else existed in the world that was just outside of my awareness. I was missing it and I needed it, but I couldn’t find it. Continue reading The Dread Pit

SkyeFebruary 20, 2021March 22, 20212 Comments
Poetry, sobriety

What I Found at the Bottom of Every Bottle I Ever Drank

A poem of struggle and excuses. (It’s never too late for a new beginning.) Continue reading What I Found at the Bottom of Every Bottle I Ever Drank

SkyeJanuary 15, 2021June 6, 20215 Comments
sobriety

Three years ago I decided to quit drinking

I was an alcoholic for over 25 years. During that time I also lived my life like a normal person. Continue reading Three years ago I decided to quit drinking

SkyeJanuary 7, 2021March 22, 20212 Comments
Shadow Stories

Hey Depression, old pal

Thought you’d skipped town for good. Yet I keep catching glimpses of you creeping around again, under the clutter in my messy house and behind the quinoa in my secret stash of Oreos. Continue reading Hey Depression, old pal

SkyeDecember 5, 2020March 22, 20213 Comments

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