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Prompted by a recent bout of hives and stomach indigestion, I decided to try something I experimented with years ago that rocked my world with the power of its simplicity.
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“Loneliness isn’t the absence of people, it’s the inability to express what matters to you most.”
This juicy pearl of wisdom came from the heart of Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung….
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“The Needles in the Haystack” and “It Could be a Pink Mermaid Finding Her Legs” can be found here in the Passion Fruit Review.
Originally Published in Passion Fruit Review, Sept 2023
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Intimate relationships evoke our deepest fears when it comes to love. Another way of saying that is adult relationships bring up our early childhood attachment patterns. Even if well-meaning, they are the dysfunctional ways our caregivers required us to be and act as a child in order to receive their love and attention.
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Several times a month I get into a spell. A nothing matters, what’s the point, most people aren’t to be trusted, I’m worthless, everything and everyone I love is going to end kind of spell.
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*Originally published by Better Humans, 2023.
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The temptation to save is rooted in one’s past where most often, at too young of an age, we were put in the situation of having to be a caretaker. Those of us who had parents with addictions, clinical depression or other serious mental health issues or caretakers who simply weren’t able to handle their own traumas or life stressors usually turn into “saviors”.
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It started right before I left for my three month excursion in Asia.
I’m not a shy one. Generally, I feel comfortable sharing my sexual experiences and asking others about theirs. This is because what I’m not always comfortable with is my sexuality.
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Originally published by Better Humans.
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Whenever I start anything I feel called to do, I’m met almost instantly with a feeling of indifferenceIt urges me to stall and has a voice which says…
Originally published on Medium.
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For the past couple of years I’ve been feeling restless. Although working as an artist and writer are anything but grounded occupations especially when it comes to financial stability, I grew tired of feeling like I was always walking on water.
Originally published by Better Humans.
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How many times have you heard that phrase in the course of your lifetime? In mine, countless.
So often in fact, it’s started to lose its meaning and become a rather boring piece of advice.
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Original verison published by Wake Up World.
I’ve been going through old poems putting together, on the way to finalizing a manuscript.
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The older I get, the stronger my desire to connect with my body becomes. I want to dive into its sensual goodness. To discover its full power: where it can take me and also my limits.
*Originally published by Illumination Pub on Medium, 2022.
Here we discuss following your intuition, art and psychotherapy!
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If there’s one thing I’m a true master at in life, it’s dreaming. I have mastered using my dreams to understand my reality and also to create the life I want.
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Published by Illumination Pub, Medium
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Originally published by Psychology Today
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About two years ago I left two businesses I spent most of my 20’s and 30’s creating. For 15 years I was a psychotherapist, a role that came naturally to me. I was good at my job and over the course of time, built a successful practice….
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Originally published by Elephant Journal.
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Whenever I think about the state of the world–the story it is telling, the movie it is projecting–in order to understand what is really going on, I view it as one big breathing organism.
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Originally published on Wake Up World.
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Seven months ago I gave up my career as a psychoanalyst and energy healer to do nothing. I wanted to see what would happen in the space of just being, unattached to any role, without pursuing any goals.
Originally published by Elephant Journal. Republished on Medium.
We serve the world by showing up for ourselves, speaking our truths and by relentlessly seeking for and coming back to our truth.
THIS IS LOVE.
Originally published on Medium.