Monthly Archives: February 2016

Caught in Traumatized Baby

Posted on February 24, 2016 by jenny

Written on January 14 I feel like a tiny useless lump. I desperately need refuge. I want to curl up and hide and I want some very loving being to put her arms around me and say “there there.” I … Continue reading →

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Blood and Stone

Posted on February 24, 2016 by jenny

This is a poem I wrote at the time of Journey Into Courage Blood & Stone “Blood welled up among the roots, on its way to the world of men, and in the dark it looked as hard as stone. … Continue reading →

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“Written in Blood”

Posted on February 23, 2016 by jenny

About the time I started doing Journey Into Courage in 1990, I began to make a book out of excerpts from my journal. I was inspired by reading in The Courage to Heal that people often cut themselves as a … Continue reading →

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Grief and Regression

Posted on February 12, 2016 by jenny

Erica recommended a book called “The Wild Edge of Sorrow” and it came today. I found two paragraphs in it that described exactly the place where I’ve been stuck. “One of the most essential skills we need to develop in … Continue reading →

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Grief and Grieving

Posted on February 3, 2016 by jenny

This is a response to a blog post on Tim Lawrence’s “The Adversity Within.” [Edit 2/26/20 — I went to this link and got something completely different. Don’t know what happened. I fear that he may have killed himself.] He’s … Continue reading →

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