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    Healing With My Dad
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Jan 13
    • 4 min

    Healing With My Dad

    My Dad died unexpectedly in September of 2020. This is our last photo together, from a FaceTime call a few days before he died in Mexico....
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    When Childbirth is Not What You Expected
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    When Childbirth is Not What You Expected

    When we think of having a baby, we think everything will be alright. After all, being pregnant and giving birth are natural processes....
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    Queer Enough?
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    Queer Enough?

    Am I queer enough? Trans enough? Nonbinary enough? Gay enough? Bi enough? Pan enough? Am I a woman? What does that even mean? Am I a man?...
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    What We Hand Down
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Aug 31, 2021
    • 3 min

    What We Hand Down

    Telephone. Hot potato. Musical chairs. Remember playing these fun games as a kid? Games are playful ways for humans to experiment with...
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    Courage for the Darkness
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Courage for the Darkness

    The darkest corners of our psyches are not inviting. Those crevices where we've stuffed all our secret feelings of worthlessness, shame,...
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    Why do we PUSH through?
    Family Tree Wellness
    • May 25, 2021
    • 3 min

    Why do we PUSH through?

    As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to wane and things start to open up more, I’ve been thinking a lot about not wanting to go back to the...
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    Move Closer to Your Shame and Fear
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Move Closer to Your Shame and Fear

    Shame and fear seem to be at the root of so many of our behaviors and choices. We're programmed to hide from shame and react protectively...
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    Safely Held
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    Safely Held

    “Allow yourself to be held by something greater.” - Matt Licata A part of me is spiraling in grief. Inside, there is so much alarm as the...
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    Curiosity Can Heal You
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Nov 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Curiosity Can Heal You

    Most of our day is spent reacting. Events and interactions happen outside of us and inside of us, and we have reactions to those things....
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    “Is my relationship unhealthy?” The subtle escalation of abuse could trick any of us...
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    “Is my relationship unhealthy?” The subtle escalation of abuse could trick any of us...

    Abusive intimate partner relationships (also known as dating abuse or domestic violence) tend to sneak up on us. They are not obvious. In...
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    Turn Toward Your Pain
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Turn Toward Your Pain

    Growing up in an alcoholic family, I was encouraged to not notice, speak to or feel my pain. And my pain was immense and unbearable....
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    Do You Belong?
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Jul 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    Do You Belong?

    Did you feel like you belonged in your family as a child? Do you feel seen and understood and accepted as you walk through the world?...
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    You Are Trustworthy
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Jul 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    You Are Trustworthy

    At your core there is innocence and openness, a spirited soul that wants connection, acceptance and safety. There is not one thing wrong...
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    Shame Is a Path to Freedom
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Jun 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    Shame Is a Path to Freedom

    My thesis: to be anti-racist, we need to get friendly with our most shameful feelings. To allow ourselves to see and acknowledge racism...
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    When Breath = Life
    Family Tree Wellness
    • May 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    When Breath = Life

    Take a deep breath.  Notice what floats into your mind as you take this breath.  Maybe you think, “I can’t.” Maybe you think, “I don’t...
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    Loss, Ambiguous Loss, Love and Joy… All At The Same Time
    Family Tree Wellness
    • May 3, 2020
    • 3 min

    Loss, Ambiguous Loss, Love and Joy… All At The Same Time

    As I sit here, in my pajamas, outside of my daughter’s room, clandestinely listening to her perform in a show via Zoom that was supposed...
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    About Birth Trauma
    Family Tree Wellness
    • Dec 12, 2019
    • 6 min

    About Birth Trauma

    Giving birth involves the most private, intimate parts of our bodies and so, requires that we be treated with the greatest level of care...
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