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9 Oct 2024 The Writing Shed

Dear Pequenas Flores, cognition tool-kit, healing witness, nervous system health, posttraumatic growth

The Brain Can Do Hard Things

This week has been a tough one. The spiraling nature of growth (post-trauma) has been hitting me hard. I have turned the kindness and love I show for others towards myself. This idea by Curt Thompson, author and psychiatrist, has helped. He writes that:the brain can do hard things for a long time if it’s […]

3 Oct 2024 The Writing Shed

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8,500 Therapists Were Asked . . .

If we are not careful, journaling can actually be more harmful to our health. Without the proper containment, structure, and pacing, journaling can make us “spiral” even more out of control with our emotions. The stream of consciousness technique (or ranting) are two of the main culprits.But what if your journal could […]

6 Sep 2024 The Writing Shed

Dear Pequenas Flores, buddhist psychology, travel diary, travel journal

Travel Journaling

Traveling and journaling? Yes, please.One of my mothers, Library Linda, once told me: “Wherever you go, there you are.” So, even if you are traveling, and eating oysters on the shell, visiting monasteries, tasting mead, and eating new flavors of potato chips like onion and cheese, you still must tend to yourself.When I was in […]

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