Pain isolates is. It can make us believe we can’t be with others. It tends to invite cocooning which can be nourishing at times but it can prevent us from meeting others as we are.

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Do you have friends that you can meet when you are feeling broken and wounded? I do. They are the best.

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Complaining and whining never feels great but when we are able to own our pain and our process and share openly from that place, it can be profoundly healing for everyone. .

Vulnerability creates the kind of relationships I value.