This was beautiful, Caroline. I have become quite fascinated with trees in my recovery journey. They truly have so much to show and teach us. Just like us, they all have their own story to tell. I especially love how they shed their bark. To me, it’s a reminder that as we expand and grow, it’s ok to drop those parts of ourselves that once felt necessary. We can shed old ways that we clung to and expand into new growth.
I'd be interesting in learning more about your book (but don't use Instagram at all - so if that's where the conversations happen, I'm not able to participate).
Also, from the moment I read this email title, I thought of a really moving presentation I first saw at the end of this past October about how trees deal with loss. The speaker is both a forester and pastor. He does have it available in book form or as a Youtube video presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQrJubJk48M (How Trees Deal With Loss by Jason Kissel).
I’d love to share more about my upcoming book and will be sharing a way to connect soon (that’s not on the socials). I’ll check out that presentation, sounds so interesting. Stories can be such a powerful way to connect with our experience- and that of others, too. So glad this resonated.
This was beautiful, Caroline. I have become quite fascinated with trees in my recovery journey. They truly have so much to show and teach us. Just like us, they all have their own story to tell. I especially love how they shed their bark. To me, it’s a reminder that as we expand and grow, it’s ok to drop those parts of ourselves that once felt necessary. We can shed old ways that we clung to and expand into new growth.
I love that image of bark falling. So many pictures of our experiences reflected back to us. ❤️
I'd be interesting in learning more about your book (but don't use Instagram at all - so if that's where the conversations happen, I'm not able to participate).
Also, from the moment I read this email title, I thought of a really moving presentation I first saw at the end of this past October about how trees deal with loss. The speaker is both a forester and pastor. He does have it available in book form or as a Youtube video presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQrJubJk48M (How Trees Deal With Loss by Jason Kissel).
I’d love to share more about my upcoming book and will be sharing a way to connect soon (that’s not on the socials). I’ll check out that presentation, sounds so interesting. Stories can be such a powerful way to connect with our experience- and that of others, too. So glad this resonated.