You Are Loved
I wrote this piece with a particular person in mind. It was originally published on the Looking Glass blog There is a place I go when I...
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shaelyritchey
Feb 1, 20221 min read
Lessons From Each Month of the Year - January
What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of January... Life still clings to stark places. The real spring...
shaelyritchey
Jan 8, 20226 min read
A Sanctuary Held in My Mind
The following is an adapted version of an advanced Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) skill called "safe space visualization." This...
shaelyritchey
Dec 21, 20211 min read
In The Heart of Winter
Sometimes I still hear sirens in the silent spaces. An echo of the before my body still responds to. The before I can blink. The before I...
shaelyritchey
Dec 17, 20211 min read
Everything All At Once
She is both defined by coastlines and bound by no one A shaper of landscapes Drawn only by the pull of the moon She is not unknowable if...
shaelyritchey
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Sometimes I Wonder
Sometimes I wonder if I'm simply standing in the same place I was two years ago. Knee deep in the swirling winter water, with the tide...
shaelyritchey
Dec 9, 20212 min read
What Only The Ocean Knows
Yesterday I stood in the face of the ocean's waves as they beat against the shore. I saw in them the same fury, pain, and grief that so...
shaelyritchey
Dec 2, 20211 min read
Sunset Thoughts
Here are a few simple thoughts from today accompanied by the sunset that stirred them... So much of the work (and so many of the...
shaelyritchey
Nov 25, 20211 min read
Resiliency Factors
The little victories every day that no one sees… Talk to me about resilience when you’ve clung to a year without mercy - When you’ve...
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