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Acknowledging Where We Are To Get To Where We Want To Be
Daniela Stevens Daniela Stevens

Acknowledging Where We Are To Get To Where We Want To Be

I am so grateful for Eliza's (she/her) reminder yesterday...for the permission her post offers me.

Because I have a pretty great relationship with gratitude. I come into celebration and thankfulness and gratitude quite easily.

And yesterday as I was acknowledging a lighter aspect of US Thanksgiving,

in addition to acknowledging National Day of Mourning and learning deeper around the myths and erasure of indigenous people,

I found I could barely lean into gratitude without a spring of grief upwelling right next to it.

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This is Why Video Chatting with Your Loved Ones is So Hard
Daniela Stevens Daniela Stevens

This is Why Video Chatting with Your Loved Ones is So Hard

Before all of this happened, my partner and I already had a lot of experience with distance.

Being in an international, long distance relationship is hard.

  • Closed borders.

  • She's a frontlines healthcare worker.

  • I'm a trauma-informed sex and intimacy coach.

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This is How I Realized My Heart is Numbed
Daniela Stevens Daniela Stevens

This is How I Realized My Heart is Numbed

Sometime recently a friend forwarded me a list of journaling prompts, questions to explore and really look at around pandemic, coronavirus, social distancing, COVID-19, shelter-in-place, quarantine, isolation, ventilators, ICU.

I kept her email and every once in awhile would open it up and read through the questions.

Well, actually, I'd read the first prompt and stop.

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What is there really even to say to one another?
Daniela Stevens Daniela Stevens

What is there really even to say to one another?

I'm feeling the urge to share so many things with you.

And...

I am concurrently holding a piece that's says, "What's the point? Where would I start?"

I'm curious if you're experiencing something similar when you turn to look at your partner at the end of the day...at the end of this unique week.

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