May 2011
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Elders of the Church
There are no coincidences in life and the fact that I am learning about more and more sexual abuse in my old church while I am reading Alice Miller is profound. She is literally writing about the hows and the… Continue reading
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Children will suffer.
From Alice Miller’s book “The Body Never Lies,” she writes… “My attempts to persuade the Vatican of the importance of early childhood experiences have revealed how impossible it is to arouse feelings of compassion in men and women who right… Continue reading
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Little Girl is Lost.
(reposting this for my brother) On Facebook, a former classmate made a comment about a woman who was married to a pedophile, but is now divorced, that if she doesn’t step forth, “She must be dillusional! If she doesn’t speak… Continue reading
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A New Legacy to Begin.
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” Soren Kierkegaard I did yoga today, only the second time this week, and I felt the… Continue reading
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Survivor Self.
The Drama of the Gifted Child – The search of the true self, by Alice Miller. Here is what she writes on the back cover of the book. “Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide… Continue reading
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I Run, Because you can’t.
“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way and not starting.” Buddha I felt the loneliness today of my Aunt who ran away. A woman I never met, yet I… Continue reading
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Kept this Pattern Going.
Being a mother in the middle and having a generation before me and a generation below me puts me in a great place to witness the intricacies of how relationships are formed and how the legacy is passed on. Being… Continue reading
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Alice Miller, again. I love her fearlessness.
Chapter 4 in Banished Knowledge by Alice Miller titled “Why I Reject Psychoanalysis Also as a Therapy Method.” “Following my interview for the April 1987 issue of the German Journal Psychologie heute (Psychology Today), in which I declared my break… Continue reading
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Our Abusive Parents Loved Us.
Tinogona, It is Achievable! Tererai Trent Sometimes it is hard to grasp the how or to figure out the way, but all that is needed is the faith in that it can happen. Surrendering the details up to the Universe… Continue reading
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Transference
About Transference, by Alice Miller Tuesday October 14, 2008 “At the beginning of our lives we were, as very small children, totally dependent on our parents. And we believed, we HAD TO believe, that we were loved by them. Even… Continue reading