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Double Whammy

July 31, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

My Roller Coaster Week Today is July 31 … eight days since my daughter’s gynecological appointment and we still don’t have resolution. Her gynecologist noted an issue during her 2019 appointment. Because I was in the waiting room, I only heard a casual mention of it on the way home. Nicole said the doctor was […]

Filed Under: Caring Connections, Challenges, COVID 19, Grief Tagged With: Ambiguous Loss, COVID 19, Grief, Healthcare System, Johann Hari, Krista Tippett, Lack of Human Connection, Loss, Lost Connections, On Being, Pauline Boss

Silenced

July 15, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 22 Comments

Almost six months ago (January 21), I wrote “It’s a Process” about the synchronicities that led to my becoming aware of generations of trauma in my family of origin … how I came to see that I’ve been chosen to be an agent of healing for our family. I naively felt honored and enthusiastic about […]

Filed Under: Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: Cellular Healing, Krista Tippett, Niceness, On Being, Racial Equity, Resmaa Menakem, Shame, Silence, Social Justic, Speaking Up, Trauma, YWCA

Wisdom to Guide Me in Times Like These

May 31, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 4 Comments

It has been awhile since I have written here. Something in me senses that our pandemic is here to teach us an important lesson if we are open to learning it. And so, I have been spending time with thought leaders who have greater wisdom than I possess. I do that through reading and podcasts. […]

Filed Under: Challenges, COVID 19, Higher Purpose, Inner Life, Values, Wisdom Tagged With: Ani Guzman, Brene Brown, Caroline Myss, COVID 19, Cynthia Bourgeault, Devendra Banhart, Elaine Pagels, Elizabeth Lesser, Gavin DeBecker, Jim Marian, Johann Hari, Krista Tippett, Lost Connections, Mariamne Paulus, Michael A. Singer, Monica Sharma, Ocean Voung, On Being, State of Emergence, Sue Monk Kidd, Terry Patten, Victor Frankl, Vote Forward, Zoom Fatigue

Heart-felt Connections

January 1, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 24 Comments

What I have been increasingly aware of as 2019 drew to a close, is how little genuine connection I experience, especially during holidays. Despite the world-wide web which is supposed to connect us in ways that better the world, I experience just the opposite. I dislike opening my email anymore. On New Year’s Eve, I […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Connecting, Heart-felt Connections, Intimacy, Krista Tippett, On Being, Ritual, Word for the Year

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