Another’s view

  • By Being Me.

    I really enjoyed listening to Melody Beattie's book "The New Codependency" she wrote this many years after her best seller, "Codependency No More".   Codependency is much more pervasive than one might think and it has very little to do with… Continue reading

  • Through your feelings!

    I have been listening to Melody Beattie's book, "The New Codependency"  and I am finding many things that I agree with or that I am surprised in hearing. Like "The opposite of Repression is Expression"…she is talking about feelings. When… Continue reading

  • Can’t stay in Reality.

    One of my major hurdles, was to let go of was denial.   Denial was a place I lived for 46 years…and, for the past 10 awake. It has been hard for me to explain how I choose denial over… Continue reading

  • Seeds have been planted.

    I listened to Arun Gandhi speak last night…he is the grandson of Gandhi.  His message is to plant seeds of peace, to be peace in action…to eliminate passive violence, which feeds active violence. He spoke of how we are controlled… Continue reading

  • Being Visibly Me

    This blog post has stayed with me…."It's Safe to Be Visible" ( read it here at http://travelingev.com/2014/09/its-safe-to-be-visible/  )  I consider these two sentences very telling…and familiar. “It’s safe to be myself,” and “It’s safe to be visible.” What is more alarming is the… Continue reading

  • Who we are.

      What a difference in understanding this woman displays… It is incredible in showing how each of us is responsible for our pain and how the pain itself, in the body, is there to show us what we are believing.… Continue reading

  • Men Engage

    I had a chance to talk to the man who spoke at the Take Back the Night event last night.  He attended the Dial Help Gala…and it has taken me a day to assimilate what the difference was about his… Continue reading

  • Walked with us.

    Just came from the Take Back the Night event…about 150 students were in attendance.  A great jump from the last one I attended!  The speaker Russ Funk, spoke to the guys, mainly.  In how to be vocal and visible in… Continue reading

  • To grow

    I watched a few documentaries this weekend about breaking the silence and a family  confronting the abuser; a family friend. In both, you see how small the actual event of abuse is, compared to the life effects after.  How the… Continue reading

  • True Being.

    I loved this talk.  He opens us all, inviting us into the complex experiences of those who appear different.  Their challenges are really ours to accept. Brilliant and articulate! My upbringing within a cult-like religion, who cast aside anyone who… Continue reading