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Porch Storms and Birthday Calls: A Lenten Reflection on a Rich Life and a Real Father
“Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. "I love you." Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his...
Apr 104 min read
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A "What If Scenario" and My Plan for America's Happiness, Health, and Well-Being
Yes, I saw and read some of the political news yesterday. I am politically independent - still I have plenty of thoughts about what path...
Mar 58 min read
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No Enemies Within: The Story of Three Wolves (Or Minnions)
“Imbalanced systems, whether internal or external, will tend to polarize.” ― Richard C. Schwartz, Internal Family Systems Therapy “Parts...
Dec 12, 20249 min read
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Tennessee Wisdom: Beware of Snootiness
Contempt is the sulfuric acid of love . Dr. John Gottman, relationship expert “How did this happen? I just don’t understand.” That’s...
Nov 15, 20248 min read
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Kinship: Bridging All the Divides, Tips and Inspiration from My Homie, G-Dog
There is no 'them' and 'us.' There is only us. Father Gregory Boyle When a system is far from equilibrium small islands of coherence in...
Jul 24, 202430 min read
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Emotional Hijacking and Triggernometry
Between stimulus and response there's a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...
Jul 18, 20246 min read
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Father's Day - Forgiveness and Not Drinking The Poison
"Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat, "I love you." Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his...
Jun 11, 20245 min read
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Suffering, Empathy, and The Parable of The Mustard Seed
For each event, use mindfulness, a sense of common humanity, and kindness to process the event in a self-compassionate way. Dr. Kristin...
May 29, 20246 min read
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Vulnerability, FEAR, and Sharing Our Common Humanity
“The practice of spirituality is a way of looking at a world where you're not alone.” — Rick Rubin, author of The Creative Act: A Way of...
May 14, 20245 min read
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Belonging To Each Other
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa An acquaintance’s obituary was published...
May 10, 20244 min read
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The Hero's Journey For Real, Take One
“Mythology is to relate found truth to the living of a life.” ― Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work...
Mar 8, 20248 min read
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Self-Care: Advice, Reflection, and Choices
Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by choices....
Jan 5, 20245 min read
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A Good Resolution for Us All?
Let our New Year’s resolution be this: We will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. —...
Jan 1, 20243 min read
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Your Mindset is...Everything?
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” —Frances Hodgson Burnett, novelist and playwright Think...
Nov 14, 20235 min read
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What Can We Do When Life Goes Wrong?
“May you always know you have my hand to hold.” — JJ Heller When my granddaughters were young, they delighted in having their meals...
Oct 24, 20234 min read
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PULSE, Sensing the Sacred, and Connecting to the Cosmic Heartbeat of Compassion
The cultivation of compassion is really a process of recovery – of retrieving an inherent capacity that has become, either in the moment...
Sep 26, 20234 min read
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How Can We Journey Well Toward the Finish Line?
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. Epicurus Unless there is some time for being together psychologically -...
Sep 15, 20235 min read
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Could The Problem Be a Stifled "Gift"?
“The meaning of life is to find your gift...." Pablo Picasso A couple of days ago, we shared one strength with each other in our...
Aug 26, 20236 min read
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The Fourth Agreement
Family pathology rolls from generation to generation like a fire in the woods taking down everything in its path until one person, in one...
Aug 18, 20235 min read
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Ode To The Unsung Heroes
"The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real." Victor Hugo If you want a little psychological...
May 16, 20234 min read
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