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When Betrayal Invades Your Garden: What Dodder Taught Me About Healing
I had a vision for my flower meadow. I imagined wildflowers and my beloved zinnias blooming freely, colors scattered across the landscape, bees moving from flower to flower and something truly beautiful emerging from the intentional work I had put into the soil. I had tilled, planted, watered and waited. And then, unexpectedly, dodder appeared. If you have never encountered dodder, consider yourself lucky. It is a strange, unsettling plant that I think traveled in with the se
Sep 33 min read


Buffalo Up: Facing the Storm After Betrayal
I like to share the following analogy with partners experiencing betrayal trauma. Upon the discovery that you’ve been betrayed, you may feel a devastating storm has swept into your life and annihilated your sense of safety, destroyed your trust in your partner and left you feeling that you question your own sanity and everything you ever thought was true. When a heart is shattered by betrayal, the tendency may be to run in the opposite direction and hide. This is where the id
Sep 32 min read


A Seed
This reflection invites you to hold a quiet seed of hope—honoring patience, rest, and trust in the unseen work of becoming, where roots form in the dark and growth unfolds in its own time.
Jan 162 min read
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