Navigating painful, confusing grief & complicated love

Finding myself in the spaces where truth and healing meet.

I’ve just arrived home from therapy. I struggled with my keys, trying to open the front door, face-deep in a share bag of salt and vinegar crisps, stuffing down feelings I didn’t think I had a right to. They’d been brewing since I left her office.

We only overeat because some haunting feeling compels us to eat, in the hope that the food will make us feel better, happier, and more energetic.

—Doreen Virtue

Doreen’s book Constant Craving says crisps aren’t just about emotional comfort or stress relief but specifically about an inner desire to crunch loudly. It’s a craving tied to wanting a voice, to express yourself, or maybe even to break some silence.

My voice was getting louder. I had so much more to say…