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Note to a friend #1
I get the sense that – like me – you are triggered to feel like an embarrassed child when someone is giving you information – as if you feel somehow that you “should already know” it, so you feel inadequate, … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, criticism, Feelings, friendship, judgment, personal growth, personal power, reflections
Tagged consciousness, feelings, friends, personal growth, power, psychology, reflections
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A habit of self-defeat….
I was thinking about my life-long love of ‘discussion’, when it struck me that focusing on a subject in solitude was more productive and rewarding, because there is more time and space to dwell on each thought that arises, with … Continue reading
Posted in communication, consciousness, criticism, fear, Feelings, judgment, personal power, public speaking, reflections
Tagged openness, power, psychology, public speaking, reflections, self-criticism, vulnerability
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Open = Danger?
How open can I be? What are the dangers? Is being open a little like standing out on a balcony and shouting out to the world a plea to be rescued from myself? Is being open a pretense, a wish … Continue reading
Father soup….
“Darkness brings home fathers, with their real, unspeakable power.” – Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye. In his book The Measure of a Man, J.J. Lee refers to the idea that the more we try not to be like our father, the … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, experience, fear, judgment, parenting, Reflection, reflections
Tagged fathering, fathers, husbands, marry father, psychology, relationships
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Thinking and Dreaming 