Category Archives: Guidance

Help from Inner Teacher

Posted on October 22, 2023 by jenny

Written on Sunday, October 22 Dear Inner Teacher, I’m feeling very lost, my brain is sluggish.  I desperately need help. Dear Jenny, know that many spirits love you.  If you can’t do anything practical except the minimum — feeding yourself … Continue reading →

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Three-Centered Knowing

Posted on July 5, 2023 by jenny

Written in writing group, Monday, July 3 I’ve been reading Cynthia Bourgeault’s book called The Wisdom Way of Knowing.  She describes a retreat on an island in Maine with about 12 people.  Their day was divided into chanting and praying, … Continue reading →

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Dialogue between Wounded and Feisty

Posted on June 23, 2023 by jenny

from my journal for Thursday, June 22 Dear Inner Teacher, I desperately need some help. Dear Jenny, you are so hard on yourself.  You are harder on yourself than you are on anyone else.  And you judge yourself without mercy.  … Continue reading →

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Forgiveness

Posted on June 17, 2023 by jenny

I have been reading Christina Baldwin’s book called Life’s Companion; Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest.  In the chapter on Forgiveness she describes what happens to people who refuse to forgive, and what happens to people who are not forgiven.  I … Continue reading →

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The Real Universe

Posted on June 5, 2023 by jenny

From my journal for June 3, 1996, and posted in May 2010: But the truth is, going over the whole thing in detail again again, writing down exactly what the fear feels like and then seeing how it matches my … Continue reading →

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Working to remember “My Prayer”

Posted on June 1, 2023 by jenny

This morning I woke up feeling utterly unloved and hopeless, in a world where there is no spirit.  The song in my head is “Diamonds and Rust,” Joan Baez’s amazing song about her love affair with Bob Dylan.  I listened … Continue reading →

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Endure without Relief

Posted on April 28, 2023 by jenny

This is a repost of something originally posted in January 2017: Grey again and another dusting of snow.  It feels like it has been like this for weeks. Woke up feeling very lonely.  Tried without success to feel love for … Continue reading →

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Conversations with the Inner Teacher

Posted on April 17, 2023 by jenny

From my journal for Saturday, April 15 Dear Inner Teacher, I’m feeling very odd, and have been making some “mistakes” tho I’m not getting upset about them.  I do seem to have let go of trying to do everything “right.”  … Continue reading →

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Three Important Realizations

Posted on March 25, 2023 by jenny

I had three very important realizations this last week.  From my journal: Monday, March 20 Reading Rohr on the twelve steps, can’t remember which step it is.  You’re supposed to tell to another person and to God the things you … 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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