Giving Up Us Against Them
This fucking sucks y’all. It sucks that people are getting sick and dying. It sucks that we might not have enough supplies to care for the sick and that our healthcare systems might be overwhelmed. It sucks that people are hoarding. It sucks…
On Self-Care and Why February Sucks
Self-care is about caring for yourself, not copying the ways others care for themselves. Self-care does not require extra time or money, only mindfulness, and acceptance. For me, this realization allowed me to accept myself where I am, as I am, in a way I’ve never been able to before in the midst of seasonal depression.
![The goal is not to “stay open” all the time,
to shame the closing,
to attack ourselves
when we are “less than” what we could be
There is no goal except the looking, the seeing itself,
the willingness to turn toward our experience,
come out of the narrative of time and turn toward the
present tenderness,
drenching our aching hearts with attention,
saturate our close hearts with understanding,
illuminate the painful moment
in the brilliant light of awareness
- From The Sacred Lotus by Jeff Foster
This is how uncomfortable feelings are survivable - by “drenching our aching hearts with attention, saturat[ing] our close[d] hearts with understanding”. It’s hard to do alone - reach out if you need help.](https://kmuellertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)