Tina's Words

waiting. it's a familiar feeling. i feel it a lot. i am waiting for someone else to do something before i can move on.you need to help me.i am small.i am stuck.i do not hold my life in my hands.i have given it up to another.they hold my life in their hands.it’s all up to them. so i sit here and wait.and wait.sometimes i feel angry or sad or depressed.because i am seriously stuck.waiting for someone else to do whatever that thing in front of me is. well.i wait no more.i am over being...

This is where I am. I sit here with sand lightly blowing across the pages before me as waves toss in their rhythmic ritual just beyond the reach of my beach blanket. The sun shines more than on my skin. As I bask in its warmth, it shines into my soul. I come here often to be present and slow in my full and busy life. Today I feel peace, but it is not always so. For I carry with me my story. And with that story I carry my understanding of the world and my place in it. My story shapes the way I...

Hi, friends! When we feel stuck, it often is connected to our unfinished business. We've heard it said that we marry our unfinished business. We do this in our relationships and jobs as well. We are drawn to certain kinds of scenarios that feel like home. Our childhood left us with things we haven't worked out yet, so we go toward similar situations & people in an unconscious attempt to rework it. We go toward the familiar. So it is here that we want to know what the unfinished business is...

Do you sometimes notice that your experience of yourself and how others experience you are not the same? After spending time with a friend or in a meeting, stop and think about how you experienced it. How did you experience yourself in that moment? How did you think? How did you feel? What was it like internally to be you? Then talk with the person that was with you. And ask what their experience of you was during your shared time together? What was it like to be on the other side of you?...