The human side of me

Aside from geeking out on mental health research, and listening for a living, I am also a wife, a daughter, sister and friend. I take each of these roles seriously, and like everyone else, I too, have issues that arise from having a beating heart. As I said before, I love conflict. I know that might sound strange, but I have learned from experience, the growth that can come from it being done well. All that to say that I am a passionate fighter. In all things. Even about whose turn it is to take the garbage out. I’ve also been taught the humility and integrity that occurs when I say sorry, so I am quick to apologise. Humanness is so often about walking a line and knowing when to step to a side. That’s what I love exploring within myself and other people; the fight and the humility, the passion and the tender prose. It’s all in here. And I know that it’s all in you too.

As a highly social being, spending time with my people around a table sharing food, would be at the top of my list, along with hanging on the couch with my husband. If I am on my own, I am either reading, playing the piano or going through the motions of my on again/off again relationship with all things cake.

Above all, I am human. I make mistakes and I cry and get angry over silly things like socks being left on the floor. A couple of years ago, I gave myself permission to graciously mess up and show up just as I am. So no pretence here. I believe that life happens sometimes and I can get a little weird about it, but gosh I am committed to learning, and continuously strive to walk the line of grace and growth with intention and honesty. After all, as the writer Ram Dass says “We are all just walking each other home.”