I hear the rush of the river, I feel my heart screaming. No, that’s me screaming. My eyes burn and my face is hot. – My awakening story
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Shame & Affirmations
release through affirmations, approach shame with a new perspective, compassion rules as always, stop shoulding on yourself
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Real-Time Relationshipping
We’re going deep into the tools to help you transform your relationships. Imagine a more aligned experience – where even dating feels GOOD. You can have it. Join us for the Deep Dive into Aligned Relationships this spring 2023 – subscribe at BalancedRoar.com to stay in the loop!
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Healing Hurts
By AL My inner infant feels shoved into this beautiful disaster of a life, my inner child is a beautifully feral snarling beast, my inner teenager is a delightful storm of emotions, my inner young adult is blissfully disconnected. And my 30-year-old self feels the deeply maternal need to care […]
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Stop Being Mean to My Friend: The Case for Inner Compassion
I’m stupid, why would I do that? What possessed me? How could I think that was a good idea? If you had brains, you’d be dangerous. What an idiot. Knock it off, ya dum dum. You should’ve known better. ???? Previous tape from my mental loop. It stings a bit […]
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Consent for All
A man tried to kiss me yesterday (04/22/22) after our date and I pushed him away and said no, you didn’t ask. He texted after I left, “Ooohhh I’m so sorry I didn’t ask! So dumb! Great date though!” Why am I still explaining consent? I replied, “Just made it […]
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How to Be a Better Ally
We’re winding down after the long-awaited first Pride Parade since 2019 here in New Orleans. Some straight friends were excited to go and support, which is great, but it also begs the question – what do you do the rest of the year to support the LBGTQ community? Allyship is […]
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Core Emotion – Anger
02/04/22 I got angry this week. Like, plotting revenge mad. Anger is one of the core emotions. There are slightly different flavors of it, but anger is core. I was mad, I was furious, ready to scorch the earth fucking pissed. I don’t get angry often. It takes awhile to […]
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Emotional Granularity
I just sent out the first email invitation for Balanced Roar for this project. I am both sick to my stomach and riding high – much like being on a rollercoaster. I use emotional granularity to figure out what’s really going on. I am f*cking scared putting myself out there […]
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