Thank you for your note and finding meaning in these words (and the pain of those experiences). It made my heart smile 🙂

It can be easy to write off the negative experiences of past relationships (particularly those involving addiction and relationship dysfunction) and try to exile them from our minds. While sadness and pain exist in those experiences, there is also a lot of self-knowledge, wisdom, strength and positive intention that can grow out of those dark places.

I try to channel the belief that these experiences enable me to be who I want to become and help me learn to engage in close, vulnerable, authentic and generative relationships.