My obsessive thinking can either defeat me or drive me. My overactive empathizer has been feeling like a burden and handicap lately. After hearing terrible news my thoughts spiral into a very dark place if I don’t make a cognizant effort to distract myself. I was encouraged today that my intensity is a superpower that I use to help others. The trouble is that it can also trap me if I don’t ground myself in the present. I must pause and redirect toward something purposeful rather than attempting to “fix” the unfixable past. If I channel that energy into creating, connecting, or helping someone else, it transforms the torment into service. It’s the same mind with the same fire lighting me up instead of consuming me.

Regret can feel like a life sentence. The hardest memories that filled me with shame are the same ones that show me how far I’ve come. My children saw both my fall and my rise, and that’s part of our shared story. I can’t change the past, but I can change what it means. I’ve stopped letting regret define me and instead, let it remind me that resilience has a beginning.

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