Healing – Page 4 – Michelle Folk Johnson

Hothead

After I went off on a rant about something or other one evening, I told the martial arts training partner I was with that I was sorry if I went off for too long. I’m just a real hothead sometimes, I told them. “But you’re trying not to be,” this training partner said back. ItContinue reading “Hothead”

Marching Band IS a Martial Art

And that is why my martial arts school: Portland Martial Arts & Crafts, has a house marching band: Madam Ant Band.

Training Journal 08.08.2022

In my life and in my practice lately, I feel like I’ve been fighting too hard, trying too hard, pushing too hard. I end up breaking myself again and again. Part of this is an expression of grief. My heart has been broken recently– by the death of my father, my mother’s stroke, challenges withContinue reading “Training Journal 08.08.2022”

Grief & Lost Contact

I remember my friend Zach telling me that he didn’t really remember anything that happened the year after his mom died. Grief hits hard and in strange ways. I did remember what happened the year after my dad died in 2020. I did remember what happened the months after my mom had a massive strokeContinue reading “Grief & Lost Contact”