Hearing Out Life Drama  Blog

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I was in graduate school taking a course on creativity when one day, our professor had us play musical chairs.

It came down to the last two people. The music stopped, and as...

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This morning, someone responded to one of my offers with, “Oh yeah, charge people for their struggles… that’ll help.” It got under my skin. Not in a dramatic way, but in that...

Failure is often seen as something to be avoided at all costs, a word loaded with negative connotations. When we even hear the word, we feel uncomfortable. Many of us are conditioned to believe that failure is a sign of inadequacy, but what if we shi...

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There’s something coming up in my life right now that I know is going to be hard.

Not because I don’t want to be there—but because I care so deeply.

I’m going to need to sh...

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Mistakes happen in every family.

A forgotten assignment. A broken object. A chore that didn’t get done. A plan that falls apart at the last minute.

No matter how organized ...

“Let’s all smash clay pots together in our minds. Picture this: we’re on a large, open slab of concrete in a calm, scenic place. Surrounding us are hundreds of clay pots, and we’re all allowed to smash as many as we want. GO!”  

This might sound lik...