Comments for writing ourselves whole

Comment on we are our own rescuers by Renee Garcia

Renee Garcia — Wed, 15 May 2013 02:11:15 +0000

Jen,
You are always capturing things that are worrying a hole in me that I don’t even see and then an explosion happens in my brain and my chest cracks right open and I am soggy and brilliant with tears and understanding.

Thank you for naming these impossible things. Thank you for always being so generous with your words and your huge shiny spirit.

and this: We find ingenious and brilliant ways to get away — Yes, some of those tactics our psyches come up with aren’t going to serve us in the long term — and then we will rescue ourselves again. We go through this practice again and again and again

And thank you for bringing the children who are faceless to our collective seeing for this moment. <3

Comment on the past is never not with us by Jen

Jen — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:01:00 +0000

Thank you, Renee! <3

Comment on the past is never not with us by Renee Garcia

Renee Garcia — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:43:46 +0000

Jen,

Such good writing to read this week. Thank you. And this:

I have no home, no place to return to, but I put my popsicle-sticky hands on my mother’s story like I deserve to do so. I open her like a pantry, like a kitchen cabinet, i hang all her laundry out to dry. This is my compensation,

so strong for me.

Comment on give yourself some slow by Nancy Schimmel

Nancy Schimmel — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:05:35 +0000

I have a love-hate relationship with work, and I use energy resisting the parts I hate that I could use doing the parts I love if I would just go ahead and DO the parts I hate and get them over with. I’m looking at spacing the bad bits over time instead of putting them all together on my to-do list and also at figuring out ways of doing them that are less bad–a letter instead of a phone call, paying bills at a coffee shop instead of at home. Thanks for suggesting the ten-minute write about it.

Comment on more introvert love by Kris

Kris — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:05:38 +0000

This is a very useful post Jen, and gives me clearer understanding of those around me who are more introverted. Thanks for giving me a better appreciation of the process of replenishment.

Comment on introvert self care by Christa

Christa — Thu, 09 May 2013 03:37:47 +0000

Your self-awareness is such a gift to your body and soul. We may not always know how to care for ourselves but just recognizing that there is a need, a void is substantial. Thank you for sharing the universal truth of this experience. So often I feel like its just me who can’t take another external smile, need or want. Knowing that I’m not alone, resting in the presence of our common reality revitalizes and reminds me of the importance of self awareness and self-care. Jen, thank you.

Comment on more introvert love by rochelle

rochelle — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:23:30 +0000

necessary and appreciated

Comment on introvert self care by Jen

Jen — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:59:06 +0000

Thank you for this, Gin …

Comment on introvert self care by Gin

Gin — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:54:17 +0000

“I don’t quite know what to say today. I don’t know how to be helpful when I am depleted this way.”

It helps just to have someone name the exhaustion thank you.

Comment on introvert self care by Jen

Jen — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:45:22 +0000

I hope that was a great hike, Sharon! I hear you about needing to practice self-care, and needing reminders to do so — it’s an ongoing learning process for most of us, I think, and still I get so frustrated sometimes, realizing I’ve got to learn it all over again. I’m starting to think about healing/recovery not as some sort of end goal but as a series of practices that I can access more easily over time —
Be easy with you in this hard work you’re doing — looking forward to being with your words again soon.
xo!
Jen