A Good Bad Day

By spiralpath | March 14, 2023
A Good Bad Day. Image of a woman covering her face by holding her hand up against a glass window covered in rain drops in front of her.

Some of the things I do for self-care:  Exercise Meditate Spend time in nature Try to connect with friends Love on my pet kitty, Pookie Complete the Five-Minute Journal daily Ingest wonderful supplements The list goes on and on…. Yet, despite all these wonderful practices, I found myself in an old, familiar place this past…

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Why Is It So Hard to Ask for Help?

By spiralpath | May 15, 2022 |
Why Is It So Hard to Ask for Help? Close up image of a person offering support by holding another person's hand as they sit in chairs across from each other.

This past spring, a dear friend invited me to visit her in Sanibel Island, Florida. Such a lovely gift of kindness at a point when so much was going on in my personal life. I struggled with accepting her offer at first. All kinds of thoughts popped into my head. Things like “My visit would…

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Fear and Faith

By spiralpath | May 28, 2019 |
Fear and Faith. Image of a blue fist representing water fist bumping with an orange fist representing fire.

“We cannot escape ourselves.” Recently, while reading, these words jumped off the page and hit me square on my head and in my heart. For several days, I had been experiencing an internal struggle causing me to feel trapped in my own body. My internal dialogue was so intense, activating those familiar parts of myself…

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