The Girl in the Painted Dress: An allegory for those who want to be free I Heather Plett
Once there was a girl in a velcro dress whose dress became so weighted down with all of the things other people stuck to it that she could barely move. One day, exhausted and frustrated from the garga...
11 Mar 202011min
Caregiver Overwhelm: A story for those who tend and befriend I Heather Plett
A couple of days ago, I cried in the carwash. It seemed a fitting place for waterworks, and a little screaming, if necessary. I was on my way home with the groceries that were needed to cook supper fo...
27 Feb 202016min
The girl in the velcro dress: An allegory for those who carry too much I Heather Plett
The velcro made it easy for other people to attach things to her. Some people attached expectations of how she should behave or what she should sacrifice on others’ behalf. Others attached their own n...
11 Feb 20208min
What I want my daughters to know I Heather Plett
My youngest daughter is on the cusp of graduating from high school. Her oldest sister is on the cusp of graduating from her first university degree, and the middle one is only a year behind. There are...
11 Jan 202011min
Loving someone into Realness I Heather Plett
To witness and hold space for someone who’s learning to liberate themselves from old expectations, old projections, and old social programming can be painful and frightening and it can trigger all kin...
5 Des 201910min
The shadow side of the good I Heather Plett
On an episode of the TV show The Good Place, we’re introduced to Doug Forcett, a former stoner who, during a magic mushroom trip, figured out the formula for the afterlife (ie. how to make enough poin...
16 Okt 201911min
Finding her voice: A quest for healing in the family lineage I By Heather Plett
It was that short clip – my daughter shouting into a megaphone in front of thousands of marchers – that moved me to tears. The fact that she not only had the courage to USE her voice at seventeen (to ...
2 Okt 20199min
The Wounded Parent: Raising kids while we do our own healing work I By Heather Plett
Our vacation didn’t start well. We’d barely arrived at our AirBnB apartment when my daughter and I got into an argument. Only one of us could have a bedroom to herself for the week we were there. My d...
6 Aug 201917min
