Category Archives: Interesting link

Ereshkigal Revisited

Posted on July 4, 2019 by jenny

from my journal for June 6    I worked on two blog posts: “Professional Psychotherapy Client” and goodness beyond goodness.  The first one was about how I had missed out on a lot of what life has to offer because … Continue reading →

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Saving the Earth

Posted on June 26, 2019 by jenny

I don’t know how else to get this important information out to the world.  These excerpts are from a long article in Kosmos online journal.  This whole concept is of overwhelming importance to me because the degradation of the Earth … Continue reading →

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Three Ways Trauma Can Change the Brain

Posted on June 17, 2019 by jenny

This came in an email, and I thought it was important enough to share with people who were interested in trauma:   Three ways trauma changes the brain. The first is that the threat perception system becomes more sensitive.  Things … Continue reading →

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Collective Trauma

Posted on June 12, 2019 by jenny

At the beginning of June, this description came in an email from “Humanity’s Team.”  It’s the introduction to a program about healing trauma. “When you find that in the last few months you’re shakier, more irritable, more anxious, feeling less … Continue reading →

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To Hold Your Work Free from both Hope and Fear

Posted on May 27, 2019 by jenny

Looking up the source of the story about Yitzhak Perlman, I found it came from a piece by Margaret Wheatley called “Eight Fearless Questions.” Quoting Perlman: “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music … Continue reading →

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Hope Again

Posted on March 21, 2019 by jenny

I am beginning to have hope for humans and for our planet for the first time since Thump was elected.  I’ve been in a place of despair about whether my beloved planet would even survive.  It looked like we were … Continue reading →

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Process of Understanding What I’m up Against

Posted on August 10, 2018 by jenny

This is what I wrote in my journal this morning.  It shows how I actually use writing to understand myself better.  This process began with a realization that “I’ve had the sense that reading thrillers addictively was in an attempt … Continue reading →

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Issue of Control

Posted on July 16, 2018 by jenny

July 10 Fear came up.  The cold vibration in my diaphragm.  It didn’t fade so I stayed with it.  Tried to meditate — actually maybe I did finally hold on to the lovingkindness prayer for myself.  Somewhere along the way … Continue reading →

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Spirituality

Posted on June 10, 2018 by jenny

“Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion.  Practicing … Continue reading →

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Extraordinary Ease with my Life…. Really?

Posted on April 1, 2018 by jenny

Excerpts from journal written during the week at the end of February: Sunday: Woke up not sure where I was.  I think from a very intense dream.  Feeling very lost. Monday:   Had that strange isolated feeling when I woke … Continue reading →

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