Category Archives: Healing

Writings about Mother

Posted on October 24, 2016 by jenny

I’ve been writing a lot, both on my own and with writing groups I’ve started.  I want to use some of them as blog posts. The first memory I have of my mother involves some tiny clear plastic animals.  I … Continue reading →

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“Real Substantive Engagement”

Posted on October 23, 2016 by jenny

Erica said something that turned out to be really important in our phone conversation on Friday.   There are things she says, and her wording is different and elegant, and I need to get her exact words, because if I … Continue reading →

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Mother and Denial

Posted on October 22, 2016 by jenny

I’ve been doing a lot of writings on specific subjects.  I’d like to start turning them into blog posts.  I’ve got quite a lot about my mother.  Still struggling with not being able to forgive her.  I’ve forgiven her for … Continue reading →

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Rescuing Another Little Jenny

Posted on October 1, 2016 by jenny

Woke up feeling utterly bleak.  Actually this is worse than bleak.  It feels like everyone has died and I’m left all alone.  It’s not really sad, sad is much easier to bear because it’s moving.  This is not moving, it’s … Continue reading →

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Big Change in my Life

Posted on September 17, 2016 by jenny

I’ve been through some huge convulsion, or conversion, or transformation, or rearrangement of my psyche — I don’t have any words for it.  It’s even hard to talk about because its effects in my life don’t seem monumental.  It all … Continue reading →

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Story

Posted on September 3, 2016 by jenny

People talk a lot about stories as in “she’s stuck in her story.”  Story is made out to be a bad thing.  Story is often given a bad rap, but there are also stories that inspire, that open doors for … 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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My Recent Adventure

Posted on August 31, 2016 by jenny

This is what I wrote the morning after I got home from California.  I went to Commonweal, a retreat center in Bolinas, for a workshop with Francis Weller.  We did a lot of writing, and reading out loud in a … Continue reading →

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Hope in the Dark

Posted on July 13, 2016 by jenny

Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit I don’t know what turned me on to her.  I refused to order the book from Amazon, just a small protest.  They forced our wonderful local bookstore to close.  I ordered from Green Arcade … Continue reading →

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Comfortable with Uncertainty

Posted on July 12, 2016 by jenny

In summary:  Terror faded on Monday as I talked to Dr. Dean about the physiology of trauma.  Tuesday morning began terrified but I was able to shake and could feel it releasing.  Wednesday morning began terrified, but then I brought … Continue reading →

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