October 2015
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Free Fall into Being Me!
"After years of suppressing emotions and thoughts about abuse, I was disconnected from the parts of me that made me – Me. Relationships are built through regular communication. Daily journaling has been an excellent way to build a new relationship with… Continue reading
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Their Faith Won’t Let Them.
The strength of Faith and its solid hold it has on someone will stand in the way of reality. What I have come to know, as I dialogue with folks from within the church about victim stories of abuse;… Continue reading
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Peace on Earth to Me!
While listening to a novel, it came to me how I have changed myself twice in my life; Once…to survive sexual abuse, I fled reality and lived an awkward life one step removed from reality; where my mind created… Continue reading
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Not against Us.
Some pages I earmarked from "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert. "But I see it differently. I think perfectionism is just a high-end, haute couture version of fear. I think perfectionism is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat,… Continue reading
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Toxic Doses of Religion
A young friend sent me the following link… http://www.salon.com/2014/11/01/the_sad_twisted_truth_about_conservative_christianitys_effect_on_the_mind_partner/ A great article on the effects of strict religions. What struck me was this… "A symptom like one of these clearly has a religious component, yet many people instinctively blame… Continue reading
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From Elizabeth Gilbert's book "Big Magic"…. "A Trick" "So, yeah – here's a trick: Stop complaining." "Trust me on this. Trust Werner Herzog on this, too." "There are so many good reasons to stop complaining if you want to live… Continue reading
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Something to be Nostalgic for…
More from Brene Brown's book – "Rising Strong"…under the heading "Rumbling with Nostalgia. "…When, I wiped the nostalgia off my history to uncover the real trauma behind many of those stories, I began to understand why we didn't talk about… Continue reading
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Accepting a new reality.
About Forgiveness….from Brene Brown's book "Rising Strong". "Rumbling with Forgiveness" "I've been engaged in a full professional rumble with the concept of forgiveness for ten years. It has been glaringly absent from my work and all of my books. Why? Because… Continue reading
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Say Your Name
More from Brene Brown…. "Rising Strong" "Man in the Arena" by Theodore Roosevelt "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs… Continue reading
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Rise Strong
I am in awe of Malala; she was on Oprah's Soul Series. http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/Oprah-and-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Winner-Malala-Yousafzai-Video What I know to be true, is she is right; they can kill her, but they will not stop the movement; her mission is to educate… Continue reading
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