What Appears to be a Problem is not Always a Problem. It is an invitation to explore new positive possibilities. What seems impossible is not entirely impossible. It is challenging you to look at the situation from a different perspective. The obstacles that block you are also doing you a favor. They are guiding you to […]
You Can Give Birth to Your Wings While You Are Learning to Fly
Take The Leap When it comes to the raw fear that paralyzes the heart and could stop a person from taking action, what’s important to know is that leaping regardless of fear is a choice you can make every day. Because of this, the part of you that is led by grief finally will surrender […]
Grief and Fear – The Backbone of BDD – Change and the Malleable Brain
No one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. – C.S Lewis, A Grief Observed My huge stumbling block is that I am not too sad to […]
10 Months After my Facial Scar – Falling Back Into Old BDD Habits
Sometimes I just can’t believe it happened: The scar, the injury, the entire incident. It doesn’t seem fair, but then again, life often isn’t. And we just have to accept these things as they are. ON THE ROAD I am away from home, on the road, in a hotel room. Alone with mirrors and overhead lights. I […]
The Caveman – Hidden levels of discontent (a Poem by Stephen)
Locking myself away, hoping for the world to quiet down. Hoping for a new body, or a new mind, or preferably both. The days blend into the doldrums of a windless ocean It is here I sit Looking for some degree of change. Mostly I just want to be left alone, yet in today’s world […]