Angie Davenport Counseling

09/01/2026

08/31/2026

Love this one! “This is what my brain has learned.”

08/31/2026

“Pain is the rent we pay for being human, it seems, but suffering is usually optional.” — Richard Rohr

My son recently asked me the most important lesson I’ve ever learned. This was the first one that came to mind. Pain comes with the package—while our resistance to feeling pain creates exponentially more unnecessary suffering.

When you’re triggered, you’re suffering. When you’re defensive, you’re suffering. When you’re hiding, fighting, or controlling, you’re suffering. When you’re numbing, distracting, or dissociating, you’re suffering.

Feel the pain. Eliminate the suffering.

08/27/2026

Karen Salmansohn

08/27/2026

To be human means to be imperfect. Try embracing your imperfection with compassion and see what happens.

08/27/2026

This is the whole thing…and if you need help to sit with it, reach out to someone.

08/27/2026

08/26/2026

Read that again, because it’s the thing nobody wants to hear. There is no finish line. You will never fully clear the inbox, tame the schedule, or finally get on top of it all. And quietly, you’ve been treating that mythical day as when your real life starts. Burkeman’s point isn’t to give up. It’s that this, right now, unfinished and messy, is the life. That’s the whole game.