Author: Sami Zabner
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Warning label
Stuck feelings get trapped in my chest and I feel like I’m suffocating. I try to process and it turns into avoidance. Leaning into discomfort my first instinct is to run because it resembles fight or flight and I keep telling myself that I’m sick of fighting. There are dueling voices playing in my mind…
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Silenced
I was one made to believe that I was “too much to handle”. My Emotions, Perspective, Tone, Daily struggles, Mental battles, What I wanted, What I needed, How I handled things, All of this was deemed Too Much. Your life takes a unusual shift when you find out that people who love you view you…
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Stagnation
Depression can linger behind a soft gaze, a sweet smile, a roaring laugh, and a gentle kiss. Depression can disguise itself as short breaths, nervous laughter, denial, and belly pains. Depression isn’t just sadness all the time or crying for no reason. We have taught ourselves (and been taught) so many different ways to ignore…
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Kindness
I can feel my voice getting louder. Not only with the words that I say to myself but to the words I speak to others. And not necessarily in the volume but in the passion/compassion behind the content. I’ve become more conscious about the ripple affect that words have on my surroundings, energetic and physical.…
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Exposure
Exposure: To the parts of my body that I wish would change To the toxic thoughts I often experience To the toxic society that implants images and ideas in our minds at such a young age Exposure: To the negativity To the discomfort To the illusion And to the phobias Laying in bed last night,…
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The story of Liana
I had to travel to Portland, Oregon to receive my daughter. I know that sounds weird but here’s the back story. Ever since high school, I wanted to move to Portland. I didn’t know much about the city and had never traveled to Oregon yet somehow I just knew I needed to get there. I…
The Sacred Body 