Trust What Healing Knows
A space for reflection, restoration, and return

SEGMENT 4: HONORING THE TRUTH EPISODE 5 Truth Without Armor When Your Body Doesn't Need a Defense The exhaustion was never in telling the truth. It was in carrying the armor around it. The Armor I Didn't Know I Was Wearing "Would you like a glass of white wine? Or would you prefer red?" "Neither, thank you." "Oh... maybe something sweeter? Cognac? A cocktail?" "No thank you. I don't feel like it today." But the truth is that I don't drink alcohol. Not because of politics. No

SEGMENT 4: HONORING THE TRUTH EPISODE 4 Making Room for Truth What Silence Costs the BodyThe return does not begin with stillness. It begins with noticing that you have left. — Dr. Kidi There is a particular kind of noise that has no sound. It was a parents' meeting at my child's school. In the Quaker tradition, gatherings often begin in silence. That evening, fifty or so parents settled into their seats carrying questions, opinions, and the urgency of lives already full. Th

SEGMENT 4: HONORING THE TRUTH EPISODE 3 When Truth Feels Costly What Silence Costs the Body Reflection I sat in the back row of my Moral Studies class in middle school the day the teacher called on me. I do not remember the question, but I remember my answer, "I am not sure that is true for everyone." The room went still. "Get up and come to the front right now." The voice didn't just cut through the classroom; it cracked the air wide open. My teacher stood by the blackboard