Category Archives: Healing

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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Grief and Grieving

Posted on February 3, 2016 by jenny

This is a response to a blog post on Tim Lawrence’s “The Adversity Within.”  [Edit 2/26/20 — I went to this link and got something completely different.  Don’t know what happened.  I fear that he may have killed himself.]  He’s … Continue reading →

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Kinship

Posted on January 4, 2016 by jenny

I feel like I’m at the end.  I have no energy to fight this depression with.  Well that’s not totally true.  I got out of bed.  I did my breakfast routine.  I went to Father Greg on YouTube hoping he … Continue reading →

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Triggered

Posted on December 28, 2015 by jenny

I started reading Invisible Heroes, the book on trauma survivors by Belleruth Naparstek, because it often helps me.  But this morning I read a description of trauma that so accurately described how I feel when the baby is triggered, that … Continue reading →

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It’s REALLY Not My Fault

Posted on December 26, 2015 by jenny

Had another realization which had to do with really getting it that my depression is not my fault.  Somehow I’ve always assumed that because I couldn’t make it go away, I had to be “holding on” to it.  This is … Continue reading →

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Grace is Always Coming Down

Posted on December 25, 2015 by jenny

News flash!  I just saw that the Jenny Erica sees is big enough to hold the Jenny I experience, hold her with compassion, and tell her “You are OK just as you are.  You don’t have to “heal” or “be … Continue reading →

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Struggle to Fit the Pieces Together

Posted on December 23, 2015 by jenny

A good session with Erica.  I drove home feeling much better — a warmth in my belly — and did my best to savor it.  We talked about the child needing to see themselves in the gaze of a loving … Continue reading →

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Kindred Spirits One-on-One

Posted on December 1, 2015 by jenny

I went down to my friend (and Kindred Spirit) Teresa on Friday night.  We were intending to go on Saturday to a gathering which had had to be cancelled.  We found out at 10:00 after a lazy breakfast.   What … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Community

Posted on November 26, 2015 by jenny

This is from G-Dog and the Homeboys, a book about Father Greg Boyle and his work with the gangs of East Los Angeles.  It’s written by Celeste Fremon. Greg says “I used to say that the caring adult who pays attention … Continue reading →

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Meditation for Peace

Posted on September 21, 2015 by jenny

Monday, September 21 Today is International Peace Day.  Many people will be gathering to pray for peace in the world.  We gathered yesterday at Neskaya to meditate for Peace.  We wrote our hopes on white dove pieces of paper and … Continue reading →

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