This morning I was in a very deep sleep when my alarm went off. The snooze button looked very inviting in the moment, but I have things to do. So, here I am.

Our brains are remarkable beyond words. They know us better than Artificial Intelligence ever can. If you want to nerd out sometime, start studying the brain.

Here’s an interesting bit about the brain: Old memories we need to heal from are brought to the surface when we are ready to heal from them. Our brains know we can handle reliving the trauma. But we have a choice in the matter. We can either face it and work through it, or we can stuff it down. This is akin to hitting our internal snooze.

The memory will return. It always does, so face it. Face it until you make it…