The heart is a soft and vulnerable thing. We are often drawn to guard it at all costs. We have the perception that we can hold onto all the “good” things in life. That can cause problems. We can not keep only good and comfortable things. It is the nature of the journey of life that those things we hold dear will slip away. We try to keep hard or bad things from getting near, but we find this is also impossible. There will be loss and there will be challenging circumstances and people that come our way.
What if we practiced turning these behaviors around? If we embraced the difficult stuff. The uncomfortable experiences are often where we learn the most when we focus our attention on self-care in the moment. Many clients over the years have chosen to ask hard questions and seek to explore the difficult situations in their lives while in session. Receiving caring touch is a great way to get into such issues without locking down the heart. Touch ignites a certain self-compassion setting for our heart. It helps. Come find out.
With Care,
Jeff Wells
