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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