Category Archives: Healing

Amazing Self-Love

Posted on August 20, 2013 by jenny

It’s been tough, trying to negotiate this terrain of the ending of my relationship with Bella.  It occurs to me that I will continue to have a relationship with her spirit, but I will badly miss the furry object who … Continue reading →

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Ups & Downs

Posted on July 22, 2013 by jenny

Saturday Feeling pretty bummed out.  Understanding that part of this is being angry at myself for being depressed again, I try exploring it. Take a short step back and I see a person who is depressed so she can’t do … Continue reading →

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Wisdom from Yitzhak Perlman

Posted on July 8, 2013 by jenny

Last night was very hot so we did mostly slow dances.  Winds on the Tor, if danced slowly and not holding hands, is conducive to being cooler.  So we did something Laura Shannon called “Yitzhak’s Waltz.”   It was a … Continue reading →

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The Science of Love

Posted on May 27, 2013 by jenny

I’ve been subscribing to the “Daily Good” for a while.  Their stories often give me a needed lift, but this one just blew me away. The Science of Love Even though you experience positive emotions as exquisitely subtle and brief, … Continue reading →

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In Pieces

Posted on May 8, 2013 by jenny

Broken in a pile on your bedroom floor is a state I know well.  I recently read a story by Julie Peters in the Elephant Journal.  It’s a great piece about a little known Hindu Goddess whose name is Akhilandeshvari.  … Continue reading →

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Caring for my Life

Posted on April 18, 2013 by jenny

(Written in November 2005) Seasons of Grace quotes Frodo: “I wish the Ring had never come to me… I wish none of this had happened.” Gandalf replies “So do all who live to see such times, but that is not … Continue reading →

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Happy Egg’n’Bunny Day!

Posted on March 31, 2013 by jenny

In April of 1965, I was in the village of Naoussa on the Island of Paros for Holy Week.  We went there because a Greek friend (who spoke good English) would be visiting her brother, who was the doctor in … Continue reading →

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If I were Pope

Posted on March 30, 2013 by jenny

Read this today in Jan Phillips book and was so delighted by it that I had to share it. If I Were Pope If I were pope I’d proclaim the end of my infallibility and banish the word sin from … Continue reading →

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Illumination

Posted on March 25, 2013 by jenny

Last Friday everything fell apart.  I was heading for the dump when my car lost power.  It looks like it’s the transmission again.  Paul O’Hara, whose driveway I was blocking, gave me a ride home.  I called AAA and cried … Continue reading →

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Broken Self-image

Posted on March 14, 2013 by jenny

Thinking about being molested and raped, I realized how much it affected my self-image.  I felt dirty and ugly, slimy and sleazy.  I felt like this defective toy who didn’t deserve anything better than sleazy men, who would never attract … Continue reading →

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