HeyJaredAnother Think Coming
I've worked fast food, made curtains for VW vans, dental assistant, married people, ran an herb farm, wrote obits, church secretary, and became a psychotherapist and an artist. Not done pivoting. There's life after loss and I hope to inspire.
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Magical Thinking and God (opens the original)
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Magical Thinking: the belief that your thoughts, wishes, or actions can directly influence external, real-world events even when there is no logical or scientific connection between them. [1, 2]Magical Thinking: When you have a strong thought, God probably gave you that thought, and things will always wo
The Gift of Cognitive Dissonance (opens the original)
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Help Carrying This Load (opens the original)
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One day I looked out the window and noticed this:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4uRV!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F
I’m angry! (opens the original)
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A teacher I know has several kindergarteners in her class who struggle. One is autistic. Another has social/emotional issues. One girl expresses a lot of anger over things that don’t seem to warrant that strong of a reaction.The other day, the teacher’s assistant pulled the teacher aside after class and said, “If that were my daughter, I’d slap her right across that smart mouth of hers!”Upon hearing this, I had a reaction (fire her immediately!). But in the back of my mind, I also remembered hav
Are We Running or Simply Choosing to Walk Away? (opens the original)
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Hindsight is indeed 20/20. Something my husband and I have talked about is how there are times we wish that we could go back in history and be our younger selves once again…except with the knowledge and wisdom we have gained over the intervening years.I found myself talking to a therapist friend of mine about the guilt I still felt about some of the things I did in my past. “Yeah, but you are judging that from the perspective of an older, wiser woman. That’s not who you were when those things ha
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