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Why do I eat this way?
A friend recommended the book, Women Food and God by Geneen Roth, and as I read it, I feel grateful that Ms. Roth has presented the challenging idea of healing our old wounds by facing ourselves directly in a compelling, … Continue reading
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Tagged body, books, mind-body connection, mindfulness, somatic approaches, therapy
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Vulnerability, Shame, and the Need to Connect
This morning, I listened to this talk by researcher Brene Brown on the power of vulnerability:
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Tagged connection, shame, therapy, vulnerability
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Let’s all just be in the moment, shall we?
Everywhere I turn, I hear people dispensing the wonderful-sounding advice to be in the moment. This phrase is being tossed around so much that it’s become almost meaningless. What does it even mean to be in the moment? Here’s what … Continue reading
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Tagged be in the moment, kindness, mindfulness
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Restoring Sanity
Yesterday, October 30, was the day that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted “The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” on the National Mall in Washington DC. Here in Seattle, we had our own Rally, and I attended. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Fear, Fight or Flight, Rally to Restore Sanity, Seattle
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Poetry
I’ve been spending some time this Sunday morning with a poetry website I heard about on NPR, the Favorite Poem Project. The website includes a selection of videos of people reading and talking about their favorite poems. It’s these videos … Continue reading
It Gets Better
I’ve been watching the wonderful YouTube “It Gets Better” videos, and even though I’m not gay (I’m a straight ally) I wanted to share some of my thoughts on the subject. It really is true that life gets better once … Continue reading
Survivors of Suicide
Yesterday, November 21, was National Survivors of Suicide Day. If you’ve lost a loved one to suicide, then you are a suicide survivor. The grief experienced by those affected by a suicide is especially complex and intense. In addition to … Continue reading
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Manifesting goodness
There’s a lot of talk these days about manifesting and drawing the good toward oneself, ideas that are based on the idea of positive thinking, most recently described in The Secret. I see some pitfalls with the idea that if … Continue reading
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The stories we tell ourselves
I’ll notice that I’m having an unpleasant feeling, and then I’ll see my mind pick a story to match that feeling. It’s as if it’s selecting a book from a shelf in my personal library. What’s going on here? Perhaps … Continue reading
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Anxious times
With the election just days away and daily news reports of economic woes, many (if not most) of us are feeling concerned and perhaps even anxious about the state of the world. We wait on pins and needles for the … Continue reading
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