by Sandra Lee Dennis | May 13, 2015 | Awareness, broken heart, Creativity, Emotional Crisis, Existential despair, Grace, Grief, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Psychological healing, Relationships, Spirituality, Trauma
“If you don’t transform your suffering, you will surely transmit it.” —Richard Rohr Although I have written and published two books during the past fifteen years, I have never considered myself a writer. Ernest Hemingway said, “There is...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Feb 28, 2015 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Pain, Grace, Grief, Healing, Love, Love and Betrayal, Relationships, Spirituality, Trust
“Our heart knows what our mind has forgotten — it knows the sacred that is within all that exists, and through a depth of feeling we can once again experience this connection, this belonging.” —Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee You need to give yourself credit if you...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jan 15, 2015 | Betrayal, Emotional Pain, Forgiveness, Healing, Psychological healing, Relationships, Trauma
The trauma, confusion and heartache of betrayal often get worse before they get better. When your trust shatters, it can leave you spinning for a long time. After a while a kind of desperation sets in to find a way out of the pain. In the ensuing quest to recover as...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jun 20, 2014 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Crisis, Existential despair, Grace, Grief, Love and Betrayal, Psychological healing, Spirituality, Trauma, Trust
The heart broken in love opens like an archaeological dig into the past. The velocity of the fracturing draws you down, down, down through layers of feelings, strategies and beliefs that have been protecting your heart from a primeval pain. The grief and longing of...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | May 1, 2014 | Awareness, Betrayal, Love, Spirituality, Surrender
Happiness has become an obsession, a fad. Last year, more than 1,000 new books were released on Amazon.com alone on the subject. I know I caught the fever and was deep in the middle of my own “Happiness Project,” complete with hours of daily...