Learning to Ride the Wave
It’s no secret that I believe emotions and having a good relationship with them is important. I’ve shared parts of my own story, my experiences and struggles with emotions from time to time too, because I think it can help others relate and hopefully, it provides some hope that there’s a lot of room for growth (I’ve certainly come a long way). But I would like to share my full story now, to help you see just how impactful our emotions can be and just how far we can come in developing a better relationship with them. I believe being open to feeling and processing our feelings is something that is vital for our own healing and also something that will help heal a fractured culture as a whole. But to be open to it, we have to know how to do it and where to start… Almost exactly 6 years ago, in January of 2017, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. The news rocked me to the core, and I had no idea where to even begin to process the diagnosis. At that point in my lif...