Tuning In: January 2023

Each month I post an update called Tuning In on what I'm up to and content I would like to share with you. Most of the links on this post are informational, but a few are affiliate links to help maintain this website.

Upcoming Events: 
 
Facilitating: 

• Center for Chronic Illness - Living with Rare Chronic Illness  Support Group Tuesday January 3rd, 2023 at 4pm PST
• Center for Chronic Illness - Living with Thyroid Eye Disease Support Group Tuesday January 3rd, 2023 at 6pm PST
• Center for Chronic Illness - Living with Cystinosis Support Group, Tuesday January 17th, 2023 at 4pm PST​
• Center for Chronic Illness - Supporting Loved Ones of Those Living with Cystinosis, Tuesday January 17th, 2022 at 6pm PST

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Dear Valued Community, 

Instead of making resolutions, I choose a word to represent an intention for the year. For me, 2023 will be the year of establishing "roots." This encompasses many things, organizing my home, creating routines, fostering relationships, etc. Essentially, really digging my feet in and reinforcing my connection to the ground. First roots, then wings. 

​What is your intention for 2023? 

With Gratitude, 

​Kerry ​

​Current Projects: Self-development book on trauma and worthiness, creating training on the polyvagal system for healthcare providers, ongoing content for various publications. ​

Lincoln Park, West Seattle

​Helpful Content: ​

What I'm Reading Related to Therapy: My Inner Sky: On Embracing Day, Night, and All the Times in Between by Mari Andrew 

"From New York Times bestselling author Mari Andrew, a collection of essays and illustrations, divided into phases of the sky—twilight, golden hour, night, and dawn—that serves as a loyal companion for life's curveballs. 

A whole, beautiful life is only made possible by the wide spectrum of feelings that exist between joy and sorrow. In this insightful and warm book, writer and illustrator Mari Andrew explores all the emotions that make up a life, in the process offering insights about trauma and healing, the meaning of home and the challenges of loneliness, finding love in the most unexpected of places--from birds nesting on a sculpture to a ride on the subway--and a resounding case for why sometimes you have to put yourself in the path of magic.

My Inner Sky empowers us to transform everything that's happened to us into something meaningful, reassurance that even in our darkest times, there's light and beauty to be found."

What I'm Reading for Fun: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir by Matthew Perry 
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"Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is an unforgettable memoir that is both intimate and eye-opening―as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for."

(I'm a proud member of the sloth reading club, so what I'm reading will not always change monthly) 
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Lincoln Park, West Seattle

​Poem: 

To The New Year
by W.S. Merwin

With what stillness at last
you appear in the valley
your first sunlight reaching down
to touch the tips of a few
high leaves that do not stir
as though they had not noticed
and did not know you at all
then the voice of a dove calls
from far away in itself
to the hush of the morning


so this is the sound of you
here and now whether or not
anyone hears it this is
where we have come with our age
our knowledge such as it is
and our hopes such as they are
invisible before us
untouched and still possible​
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Sunset in West Seattle

​Quote: "Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." - Steve Jobs