Unifying The Divided Self
Without denial and avoidance, I want to understand and unify my selves. I don’t want to repress the negative, unpleasant or unlovely thoughts and feelings …
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Worrying Changes Everything. Worrying Changes Nothing,
Worrying changes everything. That is the illusion I have when I drop into the realm of consternation and fear; if I worry about all the …
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Open Letter To The Mask of Competency
Dear Competency, You are no longer my friend. You kept me safe when I was little, you even helped me in my career, you supported …
To Have Been A Different Parent …
To Have Been A Different Parent Would Mean To Have Different Kids What I was going to write as a short story and why I …
For Our Ailing Ancestors
I am a recovering addict. First, however, I am a child of addiction, mental illness and generalized family chaos. This primary condition greased the skids …
When Will I Be Done?
OK I get it – I am (thank God) a work in progress. I am in the process of becoming. I am aware that I have …
True Confessions of A Wrinkly Neck
I practice yoga. I practice yoga from the inside out. I know I am not my body. But apparently I am deeply rooted in my appearance. I …
The Hubris of (Imagined) Control
It was probably something someone said.. or it was my own thoughts bouncing around – but I started thinking about my desire to control (people, …
Moving is moving -place to place in home OR heart
Change of any type is unsettling; moving is moving for sure. There is pause for review, there is the process of deciding what to keep …
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My Ego is a Pain in the Neck!
Ok – I am not SURE this is how is happened, but it sounds like me. About ten days ago I got it in my …