Tag: emotions

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Jenna May 24, 2021 1 Comment

I was standing in the back of the kitchen screaming at my husband in complete tunnel vision mode. I knew logically that this was a terrible idea, and that I

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Reciprocity

Jenna May 3, 2021 No Comments

I don’t know what to say, or what to do, so I tend to give people space. Maybe it’s because that’s how I like to process emotions, alone. I don’t

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Turtle Shell

Jenna April 28, 2021 No Comments

There is this scene in the movie Brick (one of my all time favorite movies, by the way) where Brendan walks into the room and Laura is reciting poetry while

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How Are You Feeling Today?

Jenna April 19, 2021 No Comments

As I have gone through the different iterations of these words on a page, I feel like I have evolved along with them in some ways. As the pages become,

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The New Scarlet Letter

Jenna February 22, 2021 No Comments

I wanted to belong so badly that I lost myself. That’s what shame really does to a person. It coerces us to conform, which in turn causes us to forget

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Stuff It

Jenna January 18, 2021 No Comments

I had no fear. I hadn’t learned to fear anything yet. As a child I was interested in learning about everything. I climbed trees, and did so many other things

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The After Burn

Jenna April 13, 2020 No Comments

There was a full moon out, and it was Friday the 13th, 2018. Never one to be superstitious, I really didn’t think much of it, until the fireball.

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WTF is Mindfulness? And How Can I Get Some?

Jenna May 27, 2019 1 Comment

Have you ever just sat in that place between sleep and awake? Sometimes I feel euphoric. Sometimes I feel so tired physically that I can’t open my eyes, but my

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The Spark that Propelled Me into a New Direction

Jenna April 15, 2019 No Comments

I now have a flame tattoo on my ankle to remind me that if I can get through that, than I can get through anything. And that is POWERFUL.

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Waterfalls & Suitcases

Jenna March 4, 2019 No Comments

When the emotional volcano erupts in such a way as mine did (see this post for more about that), it’s really difficult to stop the flow of lava. Sometimes your

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