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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future.: Therapy History
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future. Saturday, November 6, 2010. I have decided to go back to therapy. Which brings to mind the different therapists I have met over the years. Therapist #1: Family Friend. Round and round and round and round in circles. That is all I really remember about her. We never got anywhere! Therapist #2: Holistic Healer. One of those therapists that work by balancing and aligning the body's natural energy. Her: Close your eyes and imagine giving your mother flowers. We spent the w...
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future.: Sleep deprivation
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future. Tuesday, November 23, 2010. I am now experiencing the joy of a mother with a child who refuses to sleep. This week, last week, next week all seem to have melted into one long never ending day. There are mornings I get up not sure which day I am greeting. I see the world around me in a haze. I jump into an icy cold shower hoping it will lift the fog I see through my partially closed eyes. Not a coffee drinker so no help there. I lie in my bed beside her mind racing.
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future.: Writer's block
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future. Thursday, December 2, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. This CAN Happen To You. Expletives, Suicidal Thoughts, and the F-That Video. TriLcat Talks about Writing, Literature, and Her Life. How I Didn't Go to Disney World (a story). And healthy, too! Explosive: Court Documents Undercut Core of New Best Selling Book. Mama Chatter From Jewish Mama to Mama. Dati Leumi Mom: Lost in Chul. My Very Own Shabbes Make Up. Just for Spits and Giggles.
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future.: On addiction
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future. Thursday, November 4, 2010. There is a lot I can say about addiction. What ever the addiction is it can get to a point where it literally can take over your mind, your body, your life. All you are able to think about is how soon are you able to next engage in the destructive behaviour. It is a scary place to be in the cravings, the urges the need to fulfill the intense desire. The trigger is pulled. Parts of me I know exist. To cower in fear. Takes over my senses.
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future.: October 2010
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future. Sunday, October 31, 2010. My grandmother turned 82 today. To celebrate the occasion two of my aunties flew in from across the country to organize a special birthday luncheon in her honor. This morning my sisters and I loaded our respective families into cars and set out on the two hour road trip to her country home where the party was to be held. After a long drive with numerous toilet breaks for the kids we finally arrived. I watched my brother discuss with my husband...
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future.: November 2010
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future. Monday, November 29, 2010. Do you ever feel like your walking a tightrope? Perhaps the tightrope in your life is the thin taut line between peace or chaos, hope or despair, safety or danger. Perhaps your tightrope is the line between knowing when to provide for your children or when to allow them to be independent, bonding with your child or being over protective. I have a tightrope in my life. The name of my tightrope is religion. My three older siblings are. They bel...
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future.: The First Shabbat
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future. Thursday, November 18, 2010. As the week ends and Shabbat approaches I find myself thinking of an inspiring story my husband shared with me. The story of his first Shabbat. The first giant step on the journey to becoming the man he is today. As a young teenager he travelled to Israel with is father. There he witnessed the joy of the religious people celebrating Shabbat and his soul yearned to be a part of it. As I rush around preparing for Shabbat I look at my husband&...
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future.: Moments
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future. Tuesday, November 16, 2010. We all experience moments on our lives we would rather not be in. Times in our lives that are embarrassing, boring, traumatic. Times that cause us mental discomfort. We day dream when bored, wish the ground would open up and swallow us when embarrassed, disassociate when traumatized. Our bodies may be physically there but our heads are somewhere else. Our minds have found us an interesting place, a familiar place, a safer place. When the gla...
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future.: A reason to write
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Surviving The Past 4 A Beta Future. Tuesday, November 9, 2010. A reason to write. I came across this online today and found it very appropriate. The truth is, in order to heal we need to tell our stories and have them witnessed.The story itself becomes a vessel that holds us up, that sustains, that allows us to order our jumbled experiences into meaning. As I told my stories of fear, awakening, struggle, and transformation and had them received, heard, and validated by other women, I found healing.
