May we learn to take care of ourselves and each other in the deeply nurturing and respectful way we all deserve.

Understand how toxic, mainstream messages around who and what is valuable erodes one’s sense of self, invades thoughts and beliefs, and becomes a destructive delusion,

I’ve gained a newfound and wholehearted appreciation of my own, sometimes spinning, often drama-laced thoughts and story-telling machine of a mind.

How does one locate and spend more time at this magical distance from others?

Some tips that have been helpful around what used to be my own self-deprecating, sometimes abusively dark inner dialogue.

I was in a bind because I didn’t want to do it his way and I also didn’t want to fight with him.