Önd Healing and Coaching

Tara Moorman, PhD, LPC, CPC

Emotions

Child’s Fear, Adult’s Sabotage

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My Child Self has been scared recently…

Lately, my Creative Heart has been longing to write stories.  I’ve always written, but over the past 30 years or so, most of my writing has been non-fiction – either work- or education-related.  I started writing fiction again at the beginning of the year by entering the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge.  I enjoyed it immensely, and though I didn’t place, I loved my story.  Despite all the positive emotions I felt, my writing practice fell apart.  I entered a couple more, small contests, wrote daily for about a month, and slowly started the process of stopping.   [Read more…] about Child’s Fear, Adult’s Sabotage

Speak Your Feels

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There are so many places that are actually Schools.  There are so many messages that are actually lessons — if we are open and willing to be students.

In addition to being a therapist and life coach, I am also a theatrical improviser.  I play pretend on stage every other weekend or so, coach a team, and am training to teach improv at a local theatre.  It’s a big part of my life, and the longer I practice, the more I see improv lessons as life lessons. [Read more…] about Speak Your Feels

A Short Something About Grief

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My 11-year-old Dog, Ginger died on December 5th. I intended to write here.  Perhaps share something about grief, a subject I’m pretty well-versed in and have been since my Mom died in 2013.

Loss and Grief.  They’re funny creatures.  I wanted to write.  I wanted to share.  But somehow, my feelings were just too private.  Too big in that moment to share with anyone else.  They belonged to me.  The loss was my own, and it wasn’t for public consumption in that moment.  It was almost like I Could Not share them.  Like my arms were locked around my sad heart, and the unlocking wasn’t possible in that moment. [Read more…] about A Short Something About Grief

Sitting with Emotions: Sweet Sadness

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Sitting
I’m sitting with my back to my window, propped on a meditation pillow. One of my wonderful girls, a Border Collie cross named Sofia, is next to me with her paw resting just against my leg. My other wonderful girl, a little red terrier mix named Ginger, is resting under my right foot. We spend a lot of time like this. Just resting. Just sitting. Just touching. We’ve spent a lot of time like this over the last 11 years. These two are my truest companions. They have seen me through so much loss and change, worries and anxiety. They have been Constant.

Today, I found out that Ginger has a tumor in her liver. I was not surprised. I am very sad right now. [Read more…] about Sitting with Emotions: Sweet Sadness