Accountability feels like an attack when you’re not ready to acknowledge how your behaviors harm or impacts others.- Instagram Full transparency, I did not post yesterday because what I wrote did not feel right. Long story short my writing yesterday was not an honest reflection of my thoughts and feelings. So, let’s try this again….
Author: intheworldofdanell
The Self that Confidence Built.
Confidence is a fascinating thing. One cannot buy it, nor can it be given. Confidence comes from the wisdom of living life. The building of my self-reliance has been both exciting and excruciating. The more self-assurance I gain, the more aware I am of the actions, thoughts, and situations that create self-doubt, which is the…
The Gifts of 35: Introduction
Year 35 has gifted me so much. I know that while knee-deep in the trenches doing my inner work, I would not have described any of the events of 35 as gifts. I would have instead used words like failures, fears, incompetence, and weakness to explain not only myself but what I was experiencing. Even…
Happy Birthday, Danell
First off, happy birthday to me. Well, my birthday was yesterday, but apparently, I cannot count and scheduled the blog to launch the day after my birthday. Man has the last year (both calendar and birthday year) has been one for the books. Transformation does not seem to quantify the amounts of shifts and changes…
Welcome
My blog features different categories. “Gifts: Lessons Learned” where you find posts about how I found the silver lining through life lessons. There are postings about the painful periods or trying situations I have experienced and what I have learned for those events. “Something to Chew On” will host thought-provoking questions and quotes. This section…
I resign….
Jubilation is one of my favorite words. I like how the word rolls across my tongue and fills the space of my mouth. Jubilation means to feel great happiness and triumph. Why am I writing about happiness? Well, I have recently been struggling with the idea of happiness and all of its descriptions (bliss, joy,…
I’m Back With a Side of Grace
Oh my goodness, the struggle is real. Yes, I know it has be months since I last posted on the blog. It is’t that I have not thought endlessly about writing. I have just be caught up with life and everything it entails. The way my personality is set up I often do not take…
The Hot Loneliness is Where the Party is
I love how Glennon Dolye describes the “hot loneliness”. Doyle describes the place where pain and discomfort lies as the hot loneliness which is a place I am all too familiar. For me my hot loneliness was not just the mental pain, but the physical pain. My “hot loneliness” was filled with all the thoughts…
Death Breeds Life
I have this thing about death; rather, I had this thing about death. I remember attending only one funeral in my life because death was so freighting to me. There was just something to cold and final about dying. I think my fears around death were related more to my strict religious upbringing than to…
The Great Escape
When you don’t know how to stop the world from spinning dissociating provides this sweet comfort. I could “check out” from any intense emotional situation and return when my body, mind or the situation became safe again. The exist had really little to do with safety and more to do with the perception of safety….