Category Archives: lovingkindness

The Truth about So Many Things

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

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 →

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Starting Over

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Sometime in the last couple months I started thinking about the whole concept of fresh start, starting over, re-imagining myself, re-creating my life.  I was obsessively watching Netflix tv and got caught up in the show Break-Out Kings, which is … Continue reading →

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Right Intention OR Back to Buddhism We Go

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

While my partner and I were in San Francisco, we did a day of let’s just see what happens.  It was my day to pick what we did, and I decided I didn’t want to plan. Mind you, I spent … Continue reading →

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Up from the Dregs?

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

After all this rage/mindbody/urgh I feel I should say something spiritual. Spiritual. That’s all I’ve got.   Off to meditate and write some more about rage….. Metta for me.  Today, I need it.

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Saint John the Divine in Iowa–To Be or Not to Be

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

I am discouraged. Which is not to mention tired, sick (I have a cold) and emotionally spent from writing about rage even though I STILL don’t have back pain. So I am considering next moves. Certainly I should meditate and … Continue reading →

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Nantucket Flight, Acting, Mind/Body, and the Rocking Acting Class…the day before 9/11/11

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

So. I will say this about the mind/body stuff:  I am, at this moment, procrastinating about writing about rage.  It is still morning, right?  At 11:37am.  I have 15 minutes to put in this morning.  Or soon.  And I will … Continue reading →

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The Four Letter Word

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

is….RAGE. I can’t believe I’m journaling about this.  I can’t believe the stuff I’m saying.  I thought I was self-aware, but OH MY GOD I am more insane than I thought I was!  Mind/body syndrome may lead to some other … Continue reading →

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Day 7!!!!! Yay!

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Since this is the last day of blogging about my faults, I find myself with quite the decision.  Of the cornucopia of remaining faults, there are the sometime faults.  You know, the things probably everyone struggles with feeling and acting … Continue reading →

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Pride–If You’re Writing About Humility, You Might As Well Take On Its Opposite

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

Fault #6:  Pride. This one is interesting.  Because I have a lot of pride, but some of it is about dignity, and holding onto myself under pressure, and the refusal to back down when I truly believe in something.  Pride … Continue reading →

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The Exercise in Humility, Fault 4: Can’t End Anything!

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

I don’t know exactly how to name this fault.  There’s a great saying though:  Anything I’ve let go of has claw marks on it. The truth is, I hate endings.  Many therapists in many countries would tell me I have … Continue reading →

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