Category Archives: Healing

The Sweet Influence of Pleiades

Writing with Sharon.  We wrote for 20 minutes, then read and talked about what we wrote. Talking to Erica about Non-duality.  I find that my comfort with not knowing who I am, not having any “identity,” is actually a non-dual … Continue reading →

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1996: Go Back and Re-do “Life 101”

These journal entries are immediately after the Paxil episode. I find the experiences I describe quite extraordinary. I have been reading a book called The Journey of Soul Initiation by Bill Plotkin. His understanding of how the world works and … Continue reading →

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What My Heart REALLY Wants

Reading through my blog, I came to this.  I really like my vision for the world I want to see.  Thought it’s worth posting again. (Written in July 2011, originally posted on September 9, 2011) Wondering if writing something would … Continue reading →

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“I Gave my Life Energy to Sacred Meaning”

From the Center for Action and Contemplation, the Daily Meditation for April 28, 2024. Written by Richard Rohr: Like Jesus, my spiritual father Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) was connected to the Source. He truly experienced radical participation in God’s very … Continue reading →

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1995: Positive Feedback

I did the first draft of this back in October 2023.  Never finished it. Looking again at it, I see that it fits with my previous post about Vocation.  How amazing! From my journal for November 23, 1995 I wake … Continue reading →

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“All Shall Be Well”

The combination of early trauma and the possibility of cancer has been totally disruptive. I have been having a very hard time sleeping.  At least three nights when I didn’t sleep at all, and most nights waking at 2 or … Continue reading →

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The Traumatized Baby

This is a repost of something first posted in July 2010.  So amazing.  Here I am working with parts before I had any idea about the Internal Family Systems work. It’s also how I’ve been feeling this week: “I feel … Continue reading →

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Talk with Youngest Part

At least I think/feel it’s the youngest. She can’t talk so I have to sense her feelings. I was reading James Hollis’s book What Matters Most, and got to the part where he talks about doing what your soul wants … Continue reading →

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Self-pity, Anger, Compassion, Gratitude

This morning as I walked Mocha in the bitter cold, my knee aching, she turned back very quickly, and pulled, which I find so difficult.  I started feeling sorry for myself, then I got angry at myself for self-pity, then … Continue reading →

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Rescuing the Baby on the Garbage Can

from my journal for December 9 Erica said my system is so open that the moment I unbend, and see the part as separate from me, I offer a hug and the exile runs into my arms.  All my life … Continue reading →

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