Category: Healing
The Struggle Is the Same
By Phila Hoopes “Everyone’s a critic,” the theatre saying goes…and (nearly) everyone has a critic’s voice droning on in their ...
Details
Why Bother? No, Really?
After a sleepless night and an overwhelmed, distracted day, I kept coming back to the question – why bother? Why ...
Details
Navigating from Panic to Peace
Your chest is tight. A lump in your throat threatens to erupt into sobs. Your head is spinning; your heart ...
Details
What To Do During the 11th Hour
I’ve been circling around this topic for months?…years?….decades?…and finally I think it’s time to square my shoulders and confront it, crazy ...
Details
Prey, Predator, Witness, or Actor?
Over the past few days, I’ve been contemplating a memory from a very dark time, when I was nevertheless being ...
Details
Learning the Art of Forgiveness
By Cynthia Greb I have been blessed in my life because I have seldom been badly mistreated, and I know ...
Details
Reclaiming the Child
She’s still in there – the child. The one who believed – really believed – that magic could happen and ...
Details
The Right to Own Our Mental Health
By Phila Hoopes I heard it again at a recent Christmas party, as my girlfriends from high school were sharing ...
Details
Losing Myself, Finding Myself: Learning the Lessons of Illness
By Cynthia Greb I have so many stories to share. We all do, do we not? Eight years ago I ...
DetailsShare Your Story!
Your Host
Phila Hoopes is a freelance writer, permaculture practitioner, and student of Earth-based spirituality. She has navigated trauma, anxiety and depression for years and is dedicated to sharing what works for post-traumatic growth.
