https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/ Weekly essays drawn from Friday support calls at Working from the Heart. https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/we-came-here-together.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/we-came-here-together.html Why you trust your pets more than people, and what that says about the one relationship that's actually been reliable Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/failure-to-thrive.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/failure-to-thrive.html Her medical records said failure to thrive. The phrase had become a life pattern. What she discovered when she looked at what the pattern was for Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/staying-small-for-you.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/staying-small-for-you.html She'd wanted it for years but kept it in the sky. What surfaced when she finally started moving toward it Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/i-just-want-to-live.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/i-just-want-to-live.html She'd been cycling in and out of the same pattern for years. What shifted when the frustration finally turned to boredom Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/a-standing-offer.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/a-standing-offer.html The inner critic doesn't leave. What changed wasn't defeating it. It was finding a different way to stand in relation to it Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/possessed-by-a-thought.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/possessed-by-a-thought.html Facing eviction and a hostile neighbor, something released. Not the situation, but the way she was holding it Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-perfect-client.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-perfect-client.html The session had gone well, then everything fell apart. What a facilitator discovered about her own need to control Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/no-but-i-want-there-to-be.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/no-but-i-want-there-to-be.html Is there a problem right now? No. But I want there to be. On the habit of manufacturing difficulty when things are actually fine Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/love-wearing-a-mask.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/love-wearing-a-mask.html She felt responsible for leaving her nephews behind. What the guilt revealed when she looked at it directly Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-anger-wants-me-to-be-honest.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-anger-wants-me-to-be-honest.html He came in knowing he shouldn't be angry. When the anger finally spoke, it turned out to be telling the truth Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-bragging-right.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-bragging-right.html She released the anxiety from an 8 to a 3. Something else stayed. On the record we carry alongside the weight itself Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/did-you-release-or-did-releasing.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/did-you-release-or-did-releasing.html She hated her mind all week, then something shifted on its own. A question about agency, releasing, and who actually did it Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-mind-will-find-one.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-mind-will-find-one.html When the crisis passes but the mind keeps scanning, why anxiety outlasts the problem that caused it Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/what-if-it-was-never-the-enemy.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/what-if-it-was-never-the-enemy.html She'd been bracing since she was six. What shifted when she turned toward the fear instead of away from it Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-fear-beneath-the-overwhelm.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-fear-beneath-the-overwhelm.html When a man came with a custody decision he couldn't make, releasing found what the decision was sitting on top of Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-middle-manager.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-middle-manager.html Why the inner critic creates noise even when everything is fine, and what actually quiets it Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/something-in-you-is-trying-to-help.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/something-in-you-is-trying-to-help.html On procrastination, the nervous system, and what changes when you stop fighting what's underneath it Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-freedom-to-say-no.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-freedom-to-say-no.html What happens when a facilitator says \u201cexcellent\u201d to someone who can't let go, and why the no is sometimes the release Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/two-girls-with-chalk.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/two-girls-with-chalk.html On staying present when the world is on fire Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-wednesday-question.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-wednesday-question.html Why I send a simple question to my community every Wednesday, and what it gives both of us Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-timestamps-were-wrong.html https://blog.workingfromtheheart.com/letters/the-timestamps-were-wrong.html I sent out wrong timestamps generated by AI. The mistake was small. What it revealed about presence and care in this work was not Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT