***Take a lot of deep breaths before you read this. It may be a hard one.*** I have been writing my way through the prompts for this week and reflecting on the threads that have shown up throughout my life and learning more about them. As I have been writing and noticing these things, I have had other things rolling […]
WriteTogether Reflection: Week 8
This week I felt like my brain was just a tangled mess of noodles. It was hard for me to get into my writing flow, and words seemed like they kept getting stuck exiting the building. Part of that truly is just the time of year. My offices close for an extended break, and while I don’t work in crisis […]
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WriteTogether Reflection: Week Seven
This week, the prompts were about worries and anxieties of childhood, what we wished we had known, and what we hope for ourselves now. This was a little tricky for me at first, because my inclination is to bright side things. I realized this is a protective measure I take to keep me from going too far down the rabbit […]
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WriteTogether Reflection: Week Six
This last week, week six, was another one spent in exploration and reflection about my origins. I spent the week juxtaposing the traditions, values, and characteristics of the family I grew up with and the family I have now. The memories and stories that illuminate those traditions and values, every single one a mess of realization and waves of complex […]
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WriteTogether Reflection: Week Five
This week we took a trip down memory lane, reflecting on our very beginning years and the people we grew up with. Though in some ways the prompts were fairly mundane, I knew that this would be the start of an increasingly rough road for me and several of my journey mates. It seemed a little mean to get into […]
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WriteTogether Reflection: Week Four
I think about what the last four years have been like, globally, in the US, and locally. And I see that four years have aged us decades. We, us humans, are exhausted. We are full of intense and sometimes unmanageable emotions, and for some of us that is overwhelming and triggers our primal responses. Fight. Flight. Freeze. Flop. Fawn. There […]
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WriteTogether Reflection: Week Three
The prompts, the writing journey itself, were exactly what I needed this past week to be honest. The last few years have been a lot for most of us, and it is hard to wrap the brain around everything. All of it. As I spent time reflecting and writing this past week, I realized that even though I knew it […]
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WriteTogether Reflection: Week Two
The number of times I caught myself literally typing “that will make no sense to anyone who is not inside my brain” this week makes me laugh. I am working on trying to write in response to the prompt in front of me, which can be tough sometimes if I am not quite ready to write. Sometimes I have to […]
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WriteTogether Reflection: Week One
This week was busy in general, so beginning this writing journey during a busy week was a test of my will power in a lot of ways. The prompts felt right, helping me to take a moment and reflect on where I am in this season of life without making me dig too deep just yet. I felt good about […]
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WriteTogether: Facilitation Team
Many of us have navigated difficult times and situations throughout the last few years, and while some things have stayed the same, so much has changed. Our dreams for where we go from here and who we work to become in the future have been influenced by what impacted us from our pasts, and for some of us this may […]
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