Author Archives: watchwordsblog

Even though our body can get sick, we are an amazing organism. Our cells die and renew themselves over and over. The water and food we digest fuel millions on cells that know exactly what they need to do to keep us balanced and nurtured. Our body is a miracle. Our body is our refuge.Continue reading “Your Body is your Home”

When I radically accept how my life has enfolded, how I have met life, how I have failed life, how life has met and failed me at times – then life and I become one again. As long as I am judging myself, hating my life or those who made my life unbearable, I haveContinue reading “Radical Acceptance”

When there is no one to give me a hug, I wrap my arms around myself. When no one sees the hard work that I have engaged in, I gently smile at myself and say “well done”. When no one is there to see or appreciate how I carried myself through the day, I restContinue reading “Radical Compassion”

Building a relationship that is safe and confidential – You can hear yourself with new ears, and see yourself with new eyes. In a space of trust and acceptance, no matter what you share – you can feel yourself and develop self-compassion. Having a witness see and believe your suffering, your hurt, your victimization –Continue reading “What is therapy for?”

Nothing outside of me makes me happy – happiness is an inner state of peace. Sometimes letting go is the only path to reach that inner space of calm. Other times I begin noticing things I had taken for granted: My breath, the warmth of my hands, The absence of physical pain – And inContinue reading “Happiness”

This photo is an invitation to live mindfully, (and a wonderment what the miracle of Jesus at the wedding might really have been about) Title: “As you slow down and savor every moment, regular water will begin tasting like wine.”

When we resist life as in not accepting the waves that come at us, or that carry us to shores we did not plan – we cause suffering for ourselves and for those connected with us. When we tell life how it should have been, complain about it or run away from it, as lifeContinue reading “Let Life Flow Through You…”

I release the impact that trauma had on me. I release the pain in my back. I release the tension that anxiety causes – especially in my stomach, my heart, shoulder and neck area. Our bodies hold the memories of emotional injuries, of fear, of all our past experiences. As we listen to our body,Continue reading “Release and heal”

There is a holy space inside of us – Some call it: “Island”, “Self”, “Heart space”, “Soul”… This space is interconnected with everything else: humanity, nature, breath, sunshine, earth… When we learn to seek refuge in this holy space We find solitude and all loneliness comes to an end… “Interbeing”, “Intertwined”, “Interconnected”- The space withinContinue reading “The holy space”

It takes courage to succeed, and it takes courage to “fail”. Accepting that letting go, not reaching the ideal, not being first, not becoming what society tells us to become or achieve, takes sometimes more courage than actually reaching those ideals. Being a “Failure” in the eyes of others while knowing deep down that youContinue reading “It takes courage”