Category: Grief

The Red Herring Effect

Posted on October 20, 2016 by MJ

I was about to hit my stride when I wrote “Your Narrative Brain and Trauma Recovery”, but then Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur came around; I became contemplative and pondered the nature of healing and what keeps us trapped in the same cycles. What… Continue Reading “The Red Herring Effect”

Category: abuse in families, blame, coping strategies, Grief, Healing, Rage, therapy, traumaTags: healing from trauma, recovering from abuse, Recovery, resiliency, the validity of therapy, Truth for healing

Remembering A Life Well-Lived

Posted on April 15, 2014 by MJ

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A few years ago I was privileged to spend time in the English countryside in the springtime. Honestly, it was like being dropped into a Beatrix Potter story except that she’s from the Lake District, and I was in Devon. If there is a… Continue Reading “Remembering A Life Well-Lived”

Category: encouragement, Grief, In Remembrance, relationshipsTags: Devonian countryside, embarrassing stories, encouragement, friendship, grief, In Memoriam, reframing

Living with The Tides

Posted on November 21, 2011 by MJ

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When I was 22 years-old, I attended l’Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier, France. Montpellier is a city in southern France, west of Marseilles, quite near the Mediterranean Sea. Paul Valéry is one of the oldest universities in Europe. Montpellier is renowned the world over… Continue Reading “Living with The Tides”

Category: Faith, God, Grief, intimacy, Moving Forward, relationships, UncategorizedTags: Faith, God, grief, intimacy, Montpellier, Moses, relationships