Somewhere along the way, many of us bought into a subtle but persistent myth: that one day, after enough journaling, therapy, yoga, or soul-searching, we’ll be fully healed. All the pain will be gone.

As a human being, as a woman, as a citizen, as a writer…as just about everything I identify with. Last week, I wrote about nothing feeling solid. I said, “It feels like we’re sinking. Slowly, as our ...

I’ve always been an achiever. If I set a goal, I would go after it with all the persistence and discipline I had. On the outside, it looked like strength. Inside, though, it often felt like running on ...

I stopped my client in mid sentence. “I’m asking how it makes you feel…at the soul level, in your heart, not what you think.” My client looked at me with a confused stare—realizing they’ve been ...