Posts Tagged ‘breakthrough’

Relationships in Conflict: Action Against Depression

Written by John on July 28th, 2010
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Some Rights Reserved by extranoise at Flickr In recalling how couples I’ve encountered have dealt with conflict in their relationships, two moments come to mind. These were just glimpses, but they stand out as the extremes. Once during a visit to a Native American community in the Pacific Northwest, I went to see an elder [...]

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Tags: anger, breakthrough, communication, conflict, Connecting, depression, emotion, harmony
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Dreams in the Castle of Melancholy

Written by John on August 3rd, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by xip at Flickr I wrote recently here about masking emotions from myself as I grew up through my college years. Here’s what happened to change that, or at least start me on a different path. As often happens with me, it started in a dream: For so long, I lived in [...]

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Tags: breakthrough, dreams, family, isolation, life, lonely, love, melancholy, rage, Recovery
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Dreams, Depression & Spirituality – 2

Written by John on March 9th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by Elena Acin at Flickr Insightful comments by Stephany and Jane are helping me get to another stage in dealing with depression. In a previous post I started wondering if there might be a very different way of imagining and experiencing this illness. Could there be a way of adapting that started [...]

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Tags: breakthrough, consciousness, creativity, depression, dream, Jane Chin, learning, practice, spirituality, Stephany
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