What Does It Mean to Be “Self-Resourced”?

What Does It Mean to Be “Self-Resourced”?

It’s relatively easy to have conversations that go badly. Make a snarky comment. Say something insensitive. Lead with judgment. Follow up with criticism. Interrupt. Defend. Argue. Descend into shame. Isolate with self-righteousness. We all know the drill. High-quality...

Cultivating INTERdependence

On this 4th of July weekend, I found myself listening to this song.  (Yup. And now it will loop in your head too.  You are welcome.) Relational independence is celebrated and revered:  “If I never loved, I never would have died. I have my books...

Love is Louder

Being a person is hard. So many relationships are founded on entrenched patterns of judgment, criticism, blame, shame, manipulation, “feedback” (whatever that even means), analysis & evaluations.To make things worse, I then internalize these ways of thinking and...