What It Means To Understand A Feeling
We're told to name our feelings. But naming a feeling and understanding it are not the same thing. Here's the difference, and why understanding is where things start to change.
I Wasn’t Broken, I was Unread
For years I thought something was wrong with me for struggling at all, when my mom had overcome so much more. I wasn't broken. I had just never let my own experience count.