Articles & teachings
Here you’ll find longer reflections and simple teachings on healing self-talk, the nervous system, trauma,
mindfulness, and the spiritual side of suffering and love. You can read slowly, pause often, and let each insight
become a small companion on your journey.
Learn at your own pace
These writings are not meant to overwhelm you with information. They are here to help you understand
what is happening inside you — in your thoughts, emotions, and body — and to offer kind, practical ways to respond.
You are welcome to read them out of order, skim for phrases that resonate, or return to a single article many times.
Let your heart choose what it needs today.
Main themes
Over time, this library will grow into several core themes:
- Self-talk & the nervous system – how words affect your brain, body, and sense of safety.
- Healing anxiety, shame & grief – practical ways to meet difficult emotions with compassion.
- Trauma, safety & gentleness – understanding survival responses and creating safer inner ground.
- Mindfulness & presence – staying with your experience, one breath at a time.
- Spiritual reflections – optional writings that include Jesus, Pure Mind, and “It all belongs in Love.”
Featured articles
You might want to start with these key teachings:
- How words affect the nervous system
Explore how harsh and gentle self-talk change your heartbeat, breath, and sense of safety.
- Why freezing happens & how soft phrases help
Understand the freeze response and learn simple words that can invite movement and warmth again.
- Meeting inner criticism with kindness
Learn how to respond when your inner critic is loud, scared, or relentless — without attacking it back.
- Grief, love & gentle words
A reflection on grief as an expression of love, and phrases that can hold you when loss feels heavy.
Self-talk & the nervous system
When you understand how your body responds to inner words, it becomes easier to be compassionate with yourself.
These writings explore the connection between thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations.
Healing anxiety, shame & grief
Many of us live with strong emotional currents. These articles offer ways to meet anxiety, shame, and grief
with gentle understanding instead of self-attack.
Mindfulness & presence
Healing words become even more powerful when paired with mindful awareness.
These writings explore how to stay present with your experience and bring gentle self-talk into each moment.
- Noticing without judgment (future)
- Breath, body & kind words (future)
- Everyday mindful phrases (future)
Spiritual reflections (optional)
For those who feel drawn to spiritual language, these reflections may include Jesus, Pure Mind, and the phrase
“It all belongs in Love.” You are free to explore them if they resonate, and to skip them if they do not.
- “It all belongs in Love”
- Jesus & gentle self-talk (future)
- Pure Mind & healing words (future)
How to use these teachings
You don’t have to remember everything you read. Instead, you can:
- Read slowly, and pause when a sentence touches your heart.
- Copy one phrase into a journal or onto a card and keep it nearby.
- Pair a teaching with a practice on the Self-Talk Practices page.
- Listen to a related audio meditation after reading.
Let one small insight or phrase support you today. You can always come back for more when you’re ready.
Your next gentle step
If something here speaks to you, you might:
- Begin a Healing Journey to turn insight into daily practice.
- Visit Self-Talk Practices to find phrases that match what you’re feeling.
- Read Why Words Heal for a deeper understanding of the nervous system.
May these teachings be a soft light in your day, a reminder that you are not alone and that your suffering matters.
Ross