Category Archives: Guidance

Trying to Work with Fear

Posted on July 2, 2017 by jenny

I’ve been reading my journal for 2003.  For several years I had just been typing up the guidance writings, but in 2003 I started typing up more from my life.  This was written in October 2003 Feeling so sad about … Continue reading →

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What it’s like to live with PTSD

Posted on March 27, 2017 by jenny

This is a series of journal entries from June 2016.  I think it gives an immediate sense of what my life is like. Driving home it was a glorious day, blue sky, white clouds, green trees, enough breeze to make … Continue reading →

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Guidance

Posted on February 18, 2017 by jenny

I don’t know when I stopped asking my Guides and Guardian Spirits for guidance.  I didn’t stop consciously for some reason, I just stopped and only realized it when a lot of time had gone by.  Recently I was with friends, … Continue reading →

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Words for Survival

Posted on November 12, 2016 by jenny

It was 1996, the Summer from Hell.  In February I had tried Paxil for 5 days while my terror shot through the roof & got worse & worse until the 5th night when I didn’t sleep at all.  So I … Continue reading →

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Here is the Plan…

Posted on September 1, 2016 by jenny

This is a piece of writing I did in Writers for Recovery.  “Show up,” and “Pay attention” are from Angeles Arrien’s Rules for Life. Here is the plan: First, do not turn on the Computer Do not read emails Do … Continue reading →

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Conversations with “God”

Posted on April 30, 2016 by jenny

Feeling sad.  Ask God for help.  My brother Jack talked about asking god about everything.  He talked about keeping doing it until it starts to work.  AA’s Big Book talked about “God” as an inner resource, a completely different way … Continue reading →

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AA and Therapy

Posted on April 3, 2016 by jenny

My brother, who is a recovering alcoholic, came to visit recently.  It was a great visit.  He has seven years of sobriety, and it makes me feel really good to see how much he’s changed his life.  We read some … Continue reading →

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Trying to Love Myself

Posted on June 17, 2015 by jenny

This came on the Daily Good: Love After Love The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Jesus

Posted on December 17, 2014 by jenny

My take on Jesus is that he is no more the “Son of God” than any of us, that we are all children of god.  It doesn’t matter to me whether the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection are true or … Continue reading →

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Take a Big Step Back…

Posted on May 15, 2014 by jenny

My friend Elizabeth suggested that I needed to incorporate my positive side, instead of just the traumatized parts.  The idea was to get the sort of picture that allows me to see my whole self with compassion.  Many times, when … Continue reading →

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