Category Archives: Story

Unfinished Business with Mom

Posted on November 24, 2022 by jenny

I’ve been getting a lot of messages about dealing with your unfinished business, especially from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. In writing group for Monday, November 21 In my journal for 1986 I wrote about being home after my father died and his … Continue reading →

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The Trip with Ricky

Posted on November 22, 2022 by jenny

Monday, November 14 I did this in writing group.  Tried to do a left handed writing, but it went to another story about something else I thought was a failure that actually turned out to be a success. It’s slightly … Continue reading →

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“Failure” Redefined

Posted on November 21, 2022 by jenny

Monday, November 7 My friends Judith and Sharon and I are doing a writing group together on Monday nights. I wanted to work on the understanding that what looks like a failure might actually be following the voice of your … Continue reading →

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My Life as Directed by my Soul, Not Someone Else

Posted on November 18, 2022 by jenny

I have been given two descriptions of patterns of my behavior that don’t work in my life. The first came from Structural Consulting, developed by Robert Fritz. I go after what I want, have an initial success, look for support … Continue reading →

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Exercise: Being Brave

Posted on October 4, 2022 by jenny

Pat Schneider says “Write something that feels too huge, or too dangerous, to tell.” p90 She gives a couple of examples, a short piece, a poem, where what’s really happening is revealed at the end. I thought I would try … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet

Posted on September 23, 2022 by jenny

From my journal for Saturday, September 17 Reading Krista Tippett writing about taking a break this last summer, giving herself time to think, feel, and write — she says that writing with hand and pen puts you more in touch … Continue reading →

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Worldview

Posted on September 22, 2022 by jenny

I wrote this in December 2005 and first posted it on October 8, 2010. I wrote it deliberately as a vision for how I wanted to see my life, I didn’t believe it at all. Reading it today I am … Continue reading →

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Reframe of Vocation

Posted on September 21, 2022 by jenny

Several people have suggested to me that I had to change my story about being traumatized very early. I thought they meant I was supposed to make it be that I hadn’t been traumatized at all. This shift to seeing … Continue reading →

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The Holy Grail

Posted on September 6, 2022 by jenny

from the Center for Action and Contemplation’s Daily Meditation 9/5/22  They quote Carol Pearson: Awakening the Heroes Within. Many times in our lives, we find ourselves in the position of the Fisher King. Something is not right. We feel wounded, … Continue reading →

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“Being Nobody”

Posted on September 3, 2022 by jenny

I was reading Oneing/Unveiled while eating breakfast and came on something that struck me in Mirabai Starr.  She was diagnosed with a melanoma that turned out to be relatively easy to take care of.  She was warned to stop doing … Continue reading →

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