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Our Own Mother Lode.
In Alice Miller’s book, Banished Knowledge, the chapter, called ‘the wicked child’ is the following. “In Thou Shalt Not be Aware, I have demonstrated how precisely Freud’s “drive” theory and Melanie Klein’s theory of the cruel infant coincide with the… Continue reading
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Save yourself.
While thinking back upon my journey out of sexual abuse/incest, I wondered what was the one thing that made a difference, what one major item was my cure? Cancer has drug treatments and therapies and it seems the body has… Continue reading
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A Lady with Borders
I listened to Dr. Laura Berman speak about “Borderline Personality Disorder”. It sounded so similar to where I came from, where the lines between what is your life and what is my life are blended, and how you can flip… Continue reading
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Show and Tell
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. ~Socrates I looked up the meaning of the word Integrity and one of its meanings is to be in a state of… Continue reading
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My grasp on Reality.
“People Show you who they are, Believe them,” is a quote by Maya Angelou. I thought this was what my daughter needed to hear, when in fact I was talking to myself. I awoke to an eerie phone glow coming… Continue reading
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“With Love always mom”
As I began my workday yesterday morning, I am in high spirits using all my efforts to stay positive with the large volume of mail, willing myself not to get weighed down by the load. I am happy to start… Continue reading
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Cold without a Heart
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” ~Confucius Going forward with your whole heart is heart breaking, for you are wrenching your heart out from all the people you gave it to. What I failed to understand that it… Continue reading