Category Archives: Journal

Unfinished Business with Mom

Posted on November 24, 2022 by jenny

I’ve been getting a lot of messages about dealing with your unfinished business, especially from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. In writing group for Monday, November 21 In my journal for 1986 I wrote about being home after my father died and his … Continue reading →

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“Failure” Redefined

Posted on November 21, 2022 by jenny

Monday, November 7 My friends Judith and Sharon and I are doing a writing group together on Monday nights. I wanted to work on the understanding that what looks like a failure might actually be following the voice of your … Continue reading →

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Guidance from 2006

Posted on October 9, 2022 by jenny

This was written in October 2006 and posted in January 2011. It’s relevance to the present moment is absolutely astonishing. I also see truths that I didn’t believe at the time, especially the advice not to try to do activist … Continue reading →

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From 1994: Struggle to Connect with the Divine

Posted on September 29, 2022 by jenny

From my journal for October 26, 1994 I’ve been wanting to pray, but not knowing who to pray to, or even what to pray for.  I finally asked for clarity: to see the truth; for courage: to act on what … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet

Posted on September 23, 2022 by jenny

From my journal for Saturday, September 17 Reading Krista Tippett writing about taking a break this last summer, giving herself time to think, feel, and write — she says that writing with hand and pen puts you more in touch … Continue reading →

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Worldview

Posted on September 22, 2022 by jenny

I wrote this in December 2005 and first posted it on October 8, 2010. I wrote it deliberately as a vision for how I wanted to see my life, I didn’t believe it at all. Reading it today I am … Continue reading →

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Reframe of Vocation

Posted on September 21, 2022 by jenny

Several people have suggested to me that I had to change my story about being traumatized very early. I thought they meant I was supposed to make it be that I hadn’t been traumatized at all. This shift to seeing … Continue reading →

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A Role that No Longer Works

Posted on September 20, 2022 by jenny

From my journal for August 14 Writing assignment by Mark Matousek: A role you’re playing in your life today that no longer suits you and why. My role as a trauma victim.  That the wound of being left alone gets … Continue reading →

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“Thy will be done”

Posted on September 2, 2022 by jenny

Sunday, August 28     While walking Mocha I realized that I am really helpless to change the low thyroid.  So I was able to say “Thy will be done,” and really let go.  “I can’t do this so if you … Continue reading →

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The Shamanic Realm

Posted on August 28, 2022 by jenny

From my journal for September 1994: My life.  This is a time in my life when…  well, I’m in the transition zone again, with that sense of floundering, old ideals losing their value, old structures disintegrating, and the new ones … Continue reading →

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