Authenticity – Heartspace Circle

Be Open

We often find comfort in staying between the lines for safety or for acceptance. Yet, being open adds to a person’s life, when they try or if they embrace it.

“Emotions are data,” Dr. Susan David stated in her Ted Talk. She is a professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School where she researched Emotional Agility and wrote a book on the subject. Emotional Agility is the ability to navigate life’s tough emotions and accept them. When emotions are denied, they not only become amplifiedContinue reading “Courage to Feel”

Why is connecting to others a challenge at times?

The video states that “[p]eople are bad at reading people they just met.” To us, people simply communicate in the ways they have been socialized or taught.

How Do You Turn Hardship Into Growth?

HeartSpace was created to build bridges in our community, create a space for people to share their stories and create a space for people to connect face to face and in person. When one person shares a story not only is that story heard, but often times the essence, lesson or theme of a storyContinue reading “How Do You Turn Hardship Into Growth?”

S A C R I F I C E

In March, I co-hosted/ facilitated a council in Los Angeles. The theme was sacrifice. We each gave our own definition of the word and shared our own stories of sacrifice. One prompt: Tell us a story about a time when someone made a sacrifice for you. A line of truth that I spoke: I can’tContinue reading “S A C R I F I C E”