Blogs about: Emotions I Have Felt
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I’ve fallen, and it takes a village to get me up
While Adrian and I were at an orchard party yesterday, I missed a step and took a header onto concrete. I lay there taking inventory, trying to figure out what body part hurt worst, and people rushed … more →
Find your way home
I’ve fallen, and it takes a village to get me up
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petramartin wrote 1 month ago: While Adrian and I were at an orchard party yesterday, I missed a step and took a header onto concre … more →
The psychic therapist
petramartin wrote 2 months ago: I once had a therapist who earned her living as a psychic before she switched careers and became a c … more →
Snakes, rocks, and hard places
petramartin wrote 2 months ago: When I look back on my life, I have often known when it was time to move on because I felt squeezed … more →
This has been a test of your inner guidance system
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petramartin wrote 2 months ago: You know that story about the guy who is in a flood and winds up on the roof of his house to escape … more →
Forgiveness: mending the broken truths of resentment
petramartin wrote 3 months ago: Today it occurred to me that there is no card in the Mixed Emotions deck for “Forgiveness. … more →
Sebastian
petramartin wrote 4 months ago: If Death were a restaurant, And I was seated beside your table, I’d look through the menu and then t … more →
Making peace with fear
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petramartin wrote 1 year ago: Lately, I have been thinking of emotions as messengers. I’ve welcomed many of them–even … more →
The upside of fear
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petramartin wrote 1 year ago: I’ve heard many times that the opposite of love is not hatred, as you might expect, but fear. … more →
How I lost my faith
petramartin wrote 1 year ago: When I was in the fourth grade, my sister, brother, and I responded to a hell-fire and brimstone alt … more →
The road not taken
petramartin wrote 1 year ago: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I– I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all th … more →
Happiness: not for the faint of heart
petramartin wrote 1 year ago: There is no happiness fairy. There is no guru, motivational speaker, author, mentor, lover, or clerg … more →
My Scarlett O'Hara moment
petramartin wrote 1 year ago: The summer after I finished fifth grade, Dad retired from the Air Force. After 20 years in the milit … more →
Oh, rats!
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petramartin wrote 1 year ago: Why? Why, with the Great Outdoors at their disposal do rodents set up housekeeping under the hood of … more →
Building from the heart
petramartin wrote 1 year ago: In my mid-forties, I decided to build a house. Sometimes people seemed surprised that I’d even … more →
The tractor beams that bring us home
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petramartin wrote 1 year ago: I lived in Seattle for about 20 years, but soon after my son was born, I began to feel the urge to m … more →
Guilt as a motivational tool
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petramartin wrote 1 year ago: As a child, I believed that I was responsible for my mother’s happiness. The way I ensured her … more →
