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Category Archives: Healing/therapy
The Truth about So Many Things
First of all, I am interested in healing. Why else would I rant on and on about psychotherapy and its ineffectiveness as a model? I mean, outside of the fact that I’m a writer, and I object to famous psychotherapists … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Healing/therapy, lovingkindness, meditation
Tagged healing, changing my life, the anti-therapy guru
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Practice, Practice, In Search of a Practice….or, Changing Whose Life?
Yesterday I put myself on retreat for the day. Why? Well, I really wanted to go to the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center and meditate for 3 hours, but I knew I had to do the mindbody work, so I figured … Continue reading
The Sad News Is…Grief.
Okay, so, the back pain started to return. Now, I’ve been having major resistance to reading Sarno’s book, then writing about rage, and writing about rage and writing about rage. I mean, it’s not exactly a happiness-inducing activity. Sarno also … Continue reading
Posted in back pain, fred kareman, grief, Healing/therapy, meisner, rage
Tagged back pain, changing whose life?, endings, John Sarno, mind body, Mindbody Prescription, perfectionism, therapy, WHEN CHILDREN GRIEVE
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Rent-a-Friend
Yesterday one of the company members who reads this blog was over and we had a very satisfying therapy-bashing session, in between watching youtube and talking art. We got very in sync talking about therapy as rent-a-friend. It made me … Continue reading
Posted in acting, couples therapy, Healing/therapy, intimacy, just sounding off in general, love, nature, relationships, Spirituality
Tagged Buddhism, changing whose life?, couples therapy, intimacy, loss, therapy
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The Truth about Couples Therapy….Finally
So, the Poodle, or Couples Therapist #3, this round. First, to state the obvious, you don’t go to couples therapy if your marriage is in good working order. You go because you have hope, love and a need for a … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, couples therapy, Healing/therapy, intimacy, love, relationships, Spirituality
Tagged couples therapy, healing
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The Mind–How Powerful Are We Really? Or, Can Intimacy Be Understood?
There are these small unexplained events. Driving with my friend Pete in New York’s Upper West Side, looking for a parking space, about to give up, suddenly turning to him and saying, “I think if I make a left, then … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, couples therapy, Healing/therapy, love, meditation, mind body connection, nature of the universe, relationships
Tagged abandonment, back pain, couples therapy, David Schnarch, grief, healing, intimacy, John Sarno, meditation, mind body, Mindbody Prescription, perfectionism
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The Dreaded Couples Therapy Session
…is today. BUT, we have a plan. My partner is in charge. I am going to sit in my chair by the door and use meditation techniques to behave myself and not crack inappropriate jokes. If the couples therapist blows … Continue reading
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Tagged back pain, couples therapy, mind body
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Everything You Wanted to Know about Couples Therapy But Were Afraid to Ask
First, I want to cop to the fact that today is the first day of journaling on the mind/body syndrome plan. I am supposed to write about my unconscious rage for 45 minutes, 15 minutes this morning, and 30 minutes … Continue reading
In Love AGAIN
So, I’ve been in love with Jesse, my meditation teacher from Barre, MA, Jack Kornfield (who I have never met), am always in love with Galway Kinnell (have heard him read his poems), fell in love with Father Paul Bresnahan … Continue reading
