From Hulp To Hope

Do you ever feel the urge to cry out, but swallow it back down instead? That specific, lonely feeling when you want to howl but it feels pointless, so you gulp it down instead — and there's no one to reason out your sadness, your guilt, your fear with.This episode maps the journey from that swallowed feeling all the way through to hope using the unexpected power of poetry to witness, name, and navigate what we're really going through.In this episode:Why we need our own vocabulary,  and how making up words can be the first act of self-understandingThe Frustration Triangle: the three places we instinctively go when change gets hard: blamer, self-shamer, or up-you-gamerWhat's really underneath blame How writing your shitty first draft of emotions can unlock the vulnerable wound hiding behind the vitriolWhat happens when someone who harmed you never takes accountability  and how we end up turning that inwardWhy the blank page is the perfect therapist: it doesn't answer back, doesn't charge you anything, and never fails to witness