Category Archives: Healing

Waiting

Posted on February 15, 2014 by jenny

Since I’ve been essentially trying to let go of “false urgency” (which is a consequence of trauma) and learning to wait in silence, I went back to reread Sue Monk Kidd on waiting.  from When the Heart Waits “Referring to … Continue reading →

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Conscious Choices for Authenticity

Posted on February 14, 2014 by jenny

from Gary Zukav, The Seat of the Soul This quote is from a chapter on addiction.  I found it very helpful.  Even though I am neither addicted to PTSD, nor attracted to experiencing depression and terror, I do suddenly find … Continue reading →

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The Intenders of the Highest Good

Posted on February 11, 2014 by jenny

My friend Christine introduced me to this site, and it gave me a great surge of hope.  There is something REAL that I can do about all those awful situations I feel powerless to change.  I know there is great … Continue reading →

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Learning from Emmet Fox

Posted on January 29, 2014 by jenny

This was written at the end of December.  As I type it up, I see that the prayer at the end may also be part of the healing I experienced last week. I read some of the bits and pieces … Continue reading →

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AA and Emmet Fox

Posted on January 29, 2014 by jenny

I’ve just been typing up from my journal the days around Christmas that I spent with my brother Jack in Camden.  Jack is a recovering alcoholic, and I’ve been so inspired by how much he has changed, that I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Journal Work: Trying to Understand Myself

Posted on December 1, 2013 by jenny

Reading Rob Bell about Jesus:  “Over and over again we see him going to the edges, to the margins, to those in trouble, those despised, those no one else would touch, those who were ignored, the weak, the blind, the … Continue reading →

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God With Us

Posted on November 30, 2013 by jenny

Reading in Rob Bell last night and this morning how God is with us in our pain, feeling our pain.  I remember once, in a bad time, it occurred to me that Jesus knew what it was like to be … Continue reading →

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Finding Support in Unlikely Places

Posted on November 20, 2013 by jenny

I’ve been sick for a couple of days.  Headache and ache all over.  This flu announced itself by two days of bottom of the pit depression.  Friends would try to cheer me up and I would just cry.  I spent … Continue reading →

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Taking Care of Myself IS my God-given Task

Posted on October 31, 2013 by jenny

For about the last five days I’ve been pretty bummed out and discouraged with myself for being stuck in depression.  Lynelle was able to help me shift it.  She told me that taking care of myself is my first priority.  … Continue reading →

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Living with PTSD

Posted on October 26, 2013 by jenny

It’s my 50th college reunion next year.  I have no wish to go, but I wrote a piece for the record book.  Thought I might as well post it here. I was nearly sixty when I realized I had been … Continue reading →

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