Author Archives: Andie.ink

I sometimes think we get so caught up with growth and falling off the wagon of life, that we just sometimesforget to be who we are. We work so hard on growing, moving forward, the next right thing… That we just forget to be who we are. We work so hard at avoiding triggers, andContinue reading “It is what it is..”

Today we experience death.
I know not all of my readers or followers are Christians, but I ask you to sit with me this weekend. The story of the death, ascension, and resurrection of Christ may have some truth for you even if you don’t have faith in it.
Today is the day we experience death. Staying home has caused many of us with trauma to lose a lot of our coping mechanisms, tools, resources, and distractions. What we are left with is the internal screaming of our trauma as it is surfacing, triggered, or just waving at us from across the room reminding us it’s there.
Many of us are reliving abuse, abandonments, terror, shame, rejection, and some of us are experiencing walking through death itself.

Listen. I’ve been walking around for days wondering what I can offer you. How can I help (there’s my unhealthy four showing up)? What advice can I give? How can I fix this? (There’s my Enneagram Healthy 4 coming out wanting to MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT.) Long before I jumped into the world of writing aboutContinue reading “Fear VS Frustration:”

I crawled into bed last night around 11:30. My husband whispered to me that our Governor had closed all Michigan schools. At first, I was deflated. What am I going to do for my field placement hours? What would I do with my kids for three weeks? (Y’ALL. My kids are INTENSE. Four strong-willed leadersContinue reading “Be quiet. Be still.”