Izolda Trakhtenberg, Storyteller

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Category: trust

  • Even When It Sucks, Tell Yourself the Truth

    I have just been smacked in the face with some hard truths. I have asked myself tough questions and gotten painful replies. I could navel-gaze at you all, but I won’t. Instead, I will talk about truth-telling. I don’t want to lie to myself, ever (and I think we are all excellent at deceiving ourselves…

  • We are all in this together.

    I’ve started this post numerous ways. And I, verbose as I am, have no words for this. Sometimes, I feel like some vital connection to all the other lives on this planet is slipping away. And that connection that used to be inherent must now be nurtured by all of us. Somehow, we have to…

  • Today's Tarot: Two of Swords (impasse, emotional stalemate)

    Trust. In essence, this card is about trust. Wherever we find ourselves, we need to trust that we are seeing what we are seeing and more importantly that we are feeling what we’re feeling. We have to trust that it is okay to feel what we feel. Sure, if we are experiencing emotions that are…