Category Archives: Healing

Why it takes so long to heal early trauma

Posted on March 14, 2020 by jenny

I’ve been reading my journal for last year and came across this piece. It’s a possible way to understand why sometimes reassurance works right away, and sometimes it takes longer. One thing I’ve suspected for a long time is that … Continue reading →

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“Announcing your place in the family of things…”

Posted on March 13, 2020 by jenny

I went to the 6th month reunion of Kindred Spirits. From my journal: Reunion was utterly amazing. The first night was mostly housekeeping, maybe we sang a song or two to connect. That night I didn’t sleep at all, and … Continue reading →

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The Practice of Self-love

Posted on January 26, 2020 by jenny

(Written in February 2003 and posted April 25, 2010) Yesterday I was thinking that I had this wonderful new technique for transforming my life, that my relationship with terror and despair is completely different. Well, actually that’s still true. Just … Continue reading →

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The Pit Crumbles

Posted on December 16, 2019 by jenny

In my Friday talk session with Erica, I told her about the Pit, sitting in it with Younger Jenny, describing how deep it was, how narrow, made entirely of stone. She said “What does it feel like to sit there … Continue reading →

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Seeing my Life Whole

Posted on November 15, 2019 by jenny

from my journal for November 11 On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Great War came to an end. But the war in Afghanistan is still going on. and it’s just part of the … Continue reading →

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Looking at Jenny from Outside

Posted on October 19, 2019 by jenny

I have been struggling with the question of whether I “love” life. It’s something Stephen Jenkinson talks about, something that can become very strong when you realize that you are really going to die. I hear people say they love … Continue reading →

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The Suffering of God

Posted on September 22, 2019 by jenny

Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation from the Center for Action and Contemplation Sunday, September 22, 2019 I am not alone in my tiredness or sickness or fears, but at one with millions of others from many centuries, and it is all … Continue reading →

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“A dying life that is faithful to the struggle of being human…”

Posted on September 18, 2019 by jenny

I stayed feeling pretty bummed out until I got to the chapter: What does Death ask of us? Then it sounded like there was something I could do with what time and energy are left to me. When I watched … Continue reading →

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“A time when you didn’t even guess that you were happy…”

Posted on July 8, 2019 by jenny

I have been happy for days. Something so unusual I can remember the times it happened in the past. Winter Solstice at Stanstead. Driving back from the first session of Writers for Recovery. Seeing the chickadees coming to the feeder … Continue reading →

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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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