I have touched on the complexities of grief issues before, but the movie "Rachel Getting Married" shows it so well.
For those of you who have not seen the movie, I will give a short synopsis. Kym is a twenty plus woman who is leaving her rehab residential care unit to come home for her ... Views: 2858
When my daughter Katie was stillborn in 1987, I immediately identified myself as a grieving mother. I lived with this identity for years. It went underground when my twins were born and I became very busy with their day to day care.
However, when they became teenagers and didn't need me so ... Views: 595
When someone says something to me and "hurts my feelings", I am BEING a person who has hurt feelings. The hurt feeling seems automatic to us and most of us think that we don't have any control over the emotion that is felt. When we can identify WHERE the emotion came from--like when a person ... Views: 695
I had seven wonderful women at my office last week celebrating my birthday. There was almost one woman for each decade, but not quite. Not only did we celebrate my birthday, but what I wanted to celebrate was the Divine Feminine or the Goddess in every woman.
We had a great time and toward ... Views: 636