Category Archives: Story

The Day the Christmas Tree Fell Down

Posted on January 30, 2015 by jenny

In the week since that painful therapy session  I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs.  But one thing made me hopeful.  I talked to a friend about activities I needed to do with someone, and it’s like she didn’t … Continue reading →

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Epiphany

Posted on January 6, 2015 by jenny

When I worked in a Planetarium, we did a “Christmas Star” show in December.  Among different ideas such as a comet, a nova, or a conjunction of planets so close that they might have looked like one very bright star, … Continue reading →

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Taking Risks

Posted on November 10, 2014 by jenny

I always thought I was a coward, but reading Sue Monk Kidd, I saw that I’ve taken a lot of risks.  I took those risks out of desperation.  At one point, when someone was talking about getting out of their … Continue reading →

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The Descent into Hell

Posted on October 20, 2014 by jenny

This piece is from a retreat I did with Deena on Martha’s Vineyard in September 1998.  Deena was using as a theme of the story of Psyche and Eros.  The descent into the Underworld is part of Psyche’s story.  I … Continue reading →

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5-Minute Autobiographies

Posted on October 17, 2014 by jenny

I’ve been rereading Deena Metzger‘s book Writing for Your Life, and was reminded of all the writing I had done with her in two workshops at Rowe and two week-long retreats.  The 5-minute autobiography is one of her assignments.  These … Continue reading →

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Baby Jenny Opens Up

Posted on September 22, 2014 by jenny

Because of the work I have been doing on the earliest part of my life, some very new experiences have been happening to me.  And memories of good times. This little girl is looking at the world with excited, expectant … Continue reading →

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More Recent Versions of Jenny

Posted on September 20, 2014 by jenny

This is the one I posted on Facebook: I was clowning out in front of Neskaya, and somebody took these pictures:   I think these are more accurate versions of what I really look like.

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The Closing Down of Jenny

Posted on September 20, 2014 by jenny

Here’s Jenny as a baby, open and eager to engage with the world… This picture was taken when Jenny was four years old.  Alas, I lost or mislaid the original, so this is a scan of a copy — not … Continue reading →

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Script for Journey into Courage

Posted on September 8, 2014 by jenny

JENNY: FEAR SECTION Jenny is sitting on the floor, writing in her journal. Start tape (Simon & Garfunkel) I started writing a journal when I was a teenager because I had no one I could talk to about my pain. … Continue reading →

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“Remedial Joy” Stories

Posted on June 4, 2014 by jenny

This suggestion is from Martha Beck, Finding your own North Star, pp214-215 She says “If you can’t cast your mind back to experiences that make you thrill with joy, you’re due for some remedial work.”  So I went back and … Continue reading →

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