Category Archives: Work with parts

Complexity: Dealing with a Number of Parts

Posted on December 11, 2023 by jenny

I’ve been going over my journal since before Thanksgiving, trying to make sense of the journey I’ve been on. As I read over it, I see a number of possible parts that I might be blended with. This is complicated … Continue reading →

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Ways to Heal Trauma

Posted on December 7, 2023 by jenny

I’ve been watching a show on YouTube.  Dr. Rangan Chatterjee interviewing Bessel Van Der Kolk on different methods for healing trauma. I found it very exciting and personally helpful. I’m going to share some of my notes and my experiences, … Continue reading →

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1995: Sullen Angry 8-yr-old

Posted on October 30, 2023 by jenny

From my journal for November 28, 1995 Well, let’s see if she is here, that sullen angry hurt child.  I have a hit of her age as being 8 or 9, and of Mother as a hurt angry sullen child … Continue reading →

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Obstreperous Child

Posted on October 29, 2023 by jenny

The Daily Good today  (10/22/23) was an essay by Francis Weller on grief. When I first heard about his work from my therapist, I went to a retreat on the west coast. But I have been struggling with a lot … Continue reading →

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Early Work with Younger “Parts”

Posted on September 19, 2023 by jenny

(Written in June 2004) In a session of the “Wave Work” at Kripalu: there was a confusing struggle with my body’s tendency to cramp up (esp left hand) and kick, shake, jump.  Finally I let it shrivel up into a … Continue reading →

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1995: “The Whole Thing”

Posted on July 30, 2023 by jenny

SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1995    Sometime in the early ’90s I followed the program described in Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way. “Morning pages” is one of the exercises in Julia Cameron’s program. Nika is the Artist part of me, I … Continue reading →

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To Take Care of Myself with Love

Posted on March 19, 2023 by jenny

The last few days I’ve been struggling with the feeling of being totally disconnected. Today it suddenly occurred to me that that feeling was not me, but one of the very young traumatized parts. As soon as I saw that … Continue reading →

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Who is “Myself”?

Posted on March 4, 2023 by jenny

From my journal for Monday, January 23 Lying in bed before I got up, I didn’t feel like myself.  When I got up, I asked myself “Who knows I don’t feel like myself?”  — and who is it who asks? … Continue reading →

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Collapse Phase

Posted on February 15, 2023 by jenny

I knew I needed to ask a couple of people for some practical help: to deal with medical insurance and how to work my new phone. I wasn’t until I was terrified by the strange noise the phone made when … Continue reading →

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“Whatever you have done or not done, Welcome!”

Posted on December 4, 2022 by jenny

This probably happened in 2011, but I didn’t write it down.  I wrote this description and posted it in August 2013: I was feeling bad about myself and my life and that I hadn’t done anything worth while with it.  … Continue reading →

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