Tag: trauma
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Preparing for India, Two
It’s a lovely, cool day. I’m eating porridge, with raspberries just picked from the dewy garden. Rain later, to lessen the drought. As some of you know, my wife, Jennie has been working for the past eight years in Asia. This trip she is teaching in Java and India. Her work is to teach the…
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In Search of Air
Lida Winfield’s new one woman show, “In Search of Air’, which traces her experiences growing up with dyslexia.
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Ceremony to Heal Trauma
A group of close family and friends sits with a woman. The women in the group have spent several hours bathing and dressing her. Tonight she will step out of her old self and into a new life. Other friends sit or stand in groups around the room. They have come to listen as the…
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Trauma and Healing: Matters of the Heart
Our hearts seem fragile. When trauma finds us, we are tempted to turn inward, to defend ourselves against the hurt, to harden our hearts. Healing is often about learning to soften again, to face our own suffering, and that of others, with compassion, love, and steadfastness. This is not an easy task.
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