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Bringing the Truth of My Hurt To Light

by nosaintjenniferupdated on September 3, 2019September 3, 2019Leave a Comment on Bringing the Truth of My Hurt To Light

My confession is not that I feel shame about being “white,” which I do, because that’s pretty normal in my social circle. Rather, it relates to my hurt when I’m called a racist.

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Grieving and Contemplating Suicide

by nosaintjenniferupdated on August 26, 2019August 26, 20198 Comments on Grieving and Contemplating Suicide

Suicide will not be prevented by trivializing posts telling people they are loved and with hotline numbers. Here’s my experience both as someone who has loved those who have taken their lives and as someone who’s considered it.

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Chasing Thieves

by nosaintjenniferupdated on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019Leave a Comment on Chasing Thieves

Within a month I caught two thieves and followed them both. One got away. One I talked to and bought him lunch. I learned from them to listen to my gut and be who I am not who I think I’m supposed to be.

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Thank You Cards as a Ritual of Remembrance

by nosaintjenniferupdated on August 14, 2019August 14, 2019Leave a Comment on Thank You Cards as a Ritual of Remembrance

I often put off thank you cards as a burden, but discovered as I wrote them following my brother’s death, they acted as a ritual to release grief by evoking memories of him and friends who loved us.

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The Cure for a “Shame Hangover”

by nosaintjenniferupdated on August 12, 2019August 8, 20194 Comments on The Cure for a “Shame Hangover”

How I stop feeling bad about just being me.

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Stay Calm and Carry On

by nosaintjenniferupdated on October 31, 2019August 6, 20191 Comment on Stay Calm and Carry On

Especially during grief, when the path ahead looks uncertain, stay the course already set. Choices will become clear when they need to be.

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Discovering Freedom in Learning to Draw and Paint

by nosaintjenniferupdated on August 6, 2019August 6, 20194 Comments on Discovering Freedom in Learning to Draw and Paint

Learning to paint and draw helped me to learn to take more risks, surrender the idea that the illusion of control will improve the outcome, and in experimenting I reach the most exciting outcomes.

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Accepting All The Parts of Me

by nosaintjenniferupdated on August 4, 2019August 3, 2019Leave a Comment on Accepting All The Parts of Me

I love to hike with my dog off leash, but I hate when I’ve bothered people. Sometimes these values clash. I don’t always react to the annoyed people in the way I wish I would.

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Instead of going forward, sometimes we need to wait
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Mindfulness May Mean Waiting When I Don’t Have the Answer

by nosaintjenniferupdated on July 26, 2019August 3, 2019Leave a Comment on Mindfulness May Mean Waiting When I Don’t Have the Answer

What do I do when a post about learning to stay in the moment as I solve problems turns into a post about anger over my brother’s death?

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I'm the real loser when jealousy gets in my way
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How Jealousy Gets In My Way

by nosaintjenniferupdated on July 26, 2019August 2, 2019Leave a Comment on How Jealousy Gets In My Way

And then I get around it.

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