Have you ever had the feeling of exclusion?
Not being invited into something you long to be involved in can create feelings of isolation and shame. Sometimes, unknowingly, we do this to our hearts. It's as if we've posted a guard at the gates of our hearts, checking ID's on the different thoughts and feelings floating around, and only giving some of them the stamp of approval to be let out, to be seen in the light of day.

Dear Ones, I know that many of you feel that only parts of you are acceptable, that only some of who you are can exist in relationships. The idea of living authentically, in vulnerability, can be quite scary if integrating emotional life wasn't a normal part of your experience growing up. So many of the precious souls am privileged to sit with on a weekly basis have a difficult time putting words to their feelings.

Well, here I am writing you an invitation!
The often counter-intuitive piece to knowing yourself and your inner-life is that

the more you welcome home all of the parts of who you are, the more you are able to speak your truth and share your thoughts and feelings.

With grit and practice, this begins to feel more comfortable and easy than it is to hold everything tightly in. This is the other side of your anxiety, the other side of your despair. When we start talking authentically about what is happening, when we start feeling what is in the heart, we also discover what we love. And the world becomes safer, softer.