Category Archives: Healing

Somatic Experiencing

The session with Caryn was pretty amazing.  This is where Somatic Experiencing becomes shamanic work.  I wedged my self into my corner and started crying.  I told her about being depressed again again, waking up OK only to lose it … Continue reading →

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How Do I Know What I “Really Want”?

Kayla and I have been doing a course in “Feminine Power.”  Some of the ideas have been very helpful. But recently I was finding it too abstract.  She said the basic thing was to take 100% responsibility for our lives.  … Continue reading →

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Dakota 38

Dakota 38.  I’ve seen it four times, and I’m still speechless.  It’s been very healing for me.  Jim Miller and the other older men showed me what “elders” look/feel like when they are men. I’ve known some women that I … Continue reading →

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Come as You Are

“The path of meditation and the path of our lives together has to do with curiosity, inquisitiveness. The ground is ourselves; we’re here to study ourselves and to get to know ourselves now, not later. People often say to me, … Continue reading →

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April 1994: Interview for Journey into Courage Video

Found while converting April 1994 Mary and Bess came to film (or videotape) an interview with me for the Journey into Courage video.  It was quite an experience. Some of the interview questions were expected “How did you hear about … Continue reading →

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July 1994: No Enemies Within

From No Enemies Within, the story of Norma, whose wounded self made signs while her verbal self rattled on about past abandonments and failed to see present support.  “I care about you.  I’m curious about you.  We’re not done yet.  … Continue reading →

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August 1994: The Holocaust Room

I’ve been converting 1994 and came across my dream of the Holocaust Room in August It was a piece of sculpture.  The entryway had two façades with statues of round-faced & insensitive men.  (Their heads looked like they were made … Continue reading →

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Trusting the Process

I was reading two books by Matthew Fox in June.  Creativity and Original Blessing.  I wrote down some quotes that were meaningful to me, and I’m pretty sure they are from Creativity, but I’ve already taken the book back to … Continue reading →

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Highly Sensitive People

Highly Sensitive People are a special category of human.  About 20% of all people are “Highly Sensitive” and that turns out to be true for 20% of dogs and horses.  Possibly all mammals exhibit this category.  The brains of HSPs … Continue reading →

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April 1992: Truth Express

(I wrote this in a writing group I was facilitating in April of 1992) I want to do a more focussed writing.  I’m sick of rambling.  Yet I don’t have any topic to write about.  I want to go for … Continue reading →

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