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Why Reflexive Rebellion Or Blind Compliance In The Face of Authority Figures May Be The Result Of Unhealed Bullying Trauma
My cousin Rebecca Bass Ching, an incredible Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapist who is responsible for turning me on to IFS and introducing it to me as a "game changer," just wrote a beautiful piece about being bullied- by someone else or by yourself- and how...
The Difference Between Feeling Shame & Being Shamed
In comments on things I write about, I'm noticing something I want to make a distinction between. Sometimes I write something about the social responsibility of vaccination to protect the vulnerable and marginalized, for example. Or I write about anti-racism...
It Is Okay To Not Be Okay
In the Healing With the Muse community, our intention is to alchemize uncertain times into creative gold for the purposes of healing and being “makerly,” leveraging both the joyful and painful experiences of our lives (the last year has been chock full of them!) into...
It’s Not “Cancel Culture;” It’s “Accountability Culture”
On the eve of Trump's second acquittal, my 15 year old daughter and I had a meaningful conversation about "cancel culture" (some call it "call out culture.") Siena had just heard that Gina Carano, the star of one of her favorite shows The Mandalorian, got "cancelled"...
Why Trump’s Acquittal Is A PTSD Trigger For Everyone Who Has Ever Stood Up Against Abuse & Failed To See Their Abuser Held Accountable- And Why It’s Important To Be Gentle With Yourself Today
The Republicans let Trump off the hook, even though the Impeachment managers made a damning case against the former President and Trump's lawyers did such a lousy job defending him that Congress literally laughed at them. This is so terrifying to so many of us, not...
Those Who Have Had 2 Covid Vaccines Can Skip Quarantine If Exposed (Plus, Fewer People Are Dying of Covid- YEAH!)
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the CDC has been recommending that those who wind up exposed to someone known to have Covid quarantine for 10-14 days. Now, the CDC is saying that if you've had two shots of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, if you're asymptomatic,...