INSPIRATION FOR HOPE & HEALING
TARA’S BLOG
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Our blogs are also available in audio. Click on an individual blog post to listen:
Women Seem Less Pleasant
Many women press to be pleasant and accepted in a male-dominated environment.
Justice and Mercy Untethered
For those feeling untethered by the lack of footing bertween justice and mercy, I see you.
Essential Mothering
Many of the women who have mothered me weren’t mothered well, or at all….
Erosion Control
I recently explored a little hidden gem of coastline in Oregon. Bob’s Beach to be exact….
EVERYTHING WE MAKE UP
Something I help clients learn is how to utilize the phrase, “what I make up about that is…..”
SAND, S’MORES, AND SUNGLASSES (AT NIGHT)
Every summer I spend two weeks on the coast. Most years, a friend will join me for the first week….
VICTIMIZATION AND FINDING TRUE NORTH
Many years ago, I was struggling to set my world upright after a devastating emotional earthquake…
SCARED SHITLESS: PUPPY TRAUMA
Hi, humans! I’ve grown up so much since I wrote to you last time…
21 SIGNS OF SPIRITUAL ABUSE (OR, NO, YOU’RE NOT CRAZY!)
Spiritual abuse comes in many forms. It can be subtle or overt. It’s damaging regardless of the shape it takes….
ON THE HOOK: WHY WE RUN
Last night a Bassett Hound puppy and his early twenty-something human were practicing commands…
WHEN FEELING JOY REQUIRES COURAGE
When life is filled with pain, betrayal, and heartache, it takes great courage to allow joy….
WHY WE LIKE LIKES: CHOOSING MOMENTS OVER MEMORIES
I recently read an article about a couple whose gender reveal party didn’t go as planned….