Sometimes the pilgrimage gives you dysentery—
Getting sick, like traveling, is a very revealing art
It challenges you to rest,
To encounter your human limitations
And invites you to lean into Divine Grace
To feel it all in full living color,
To let it pass through
Another adventure on the road to wholeness—
Another stop on the road home
As I share this reflection with the world on my twenty-second sobriety birthday, I recognize that many folks in the trauma recovery movement may take
As someone with dissociative identities, I have found trying to access support and gain understanding about myself a real challenge. The word dissociation was used
This poem is inspired by a road sign we saw whilst on the Australia part of our pilgrimage: “Don’t trust your tired self.” Inspired by
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