Coaching and Healing Basics Part 5: No One is Normal !

No one is normal!

There is a tendency in life to divide mental acuity into crazy and sane.

It might be wiser to instead see mental health as a continuum that we slide along—much like our physical health: sniffles, cold, fever, broken bone.

We are all a little bit crazy. Mad at times. Hurricanes and tornadoes are relatively rare, yet they still happen.

There is no such thing as a fully mature or fully sane being. To think otherwise is to put yourself in a purity trap, which inevitably leads to self-hatred.

Allowing flexible accommodations for your darker sides is a sign that you’ve taken the first steps toward understanding yourself.

We can all learn to lighten up a bit. Therapy helps