A Little Bit Broken
a story about all of us

Shadow work is all the crap you’ve decided is too hard to metabolize, look at, deal with or change. Or if you’re like me, you’re in such deep denial, you don’t even hold the slightest idea or awareness of what needs to change. And why are we reaching for change? So that we can get everything we want?! Am I right?

This phrase: A little bit broken, used to bang around in my head over the last ten years. I joked that it would be the title of my memoir. But who wants to identify as broken? Not me, not any more at least. And if you’ve ever visited me, that’s something you’ve likely been trying to change too.

Being broken, feeling broken, identifying as broken – is a lie. We may experience sensations such as having been throttled, cracked, burned, poked and prodded. We may be or have been legitimately abused. But is it true that we’re broken? Do infinite beings ever break? Nope, not in my experience, not ever.

So, what is the antidote? We begin to uncover some over arching, gleaming and transcendent qualities that we possess. Better yet, we begin to make dynamic lists of these attributes.

What is unbreakable about me?

How muthafucking special am I - really?

What is so unique about the quality of my very being?

Universe, what is great about me?

We make these questions our starting point. If nothing comes and you can’t fill the page, fear not. Simply stick with asking the questions daily. When you ask a question the entire universe is chomping at the bit to answer you. Conversely, when you come to a conclusion (I’m a little bit broken), nothing that doesn’t match that conclusion can surface.

Can you give yourself the grace and patience to hang tight while it readies itself for you? Can you be kind to you? I do hope so. You loving and appreciating you is the gift we’ve all been waiting for.