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When the Door Opens, Is There a Map?
“…the hero journey involves giving up where you are, going into the realm of adventure, coming to some kind of symbolically rendered realization, and then returning to the field of normal life.” ~Joseph Campbell, Pathways to Bliss I am writing this mostly to the clinicians and researchers who study post-separation and divorce child psychological abuse,…
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A Book From Afar
“Not all who hesitate are lost. The psyche has many secrets in reserve. And these are not disclosed unless required.” ~ Joseph Campbell One day, while I was traveling abroad, I wandered into a bookstore and stumbled upon a publication by Darren McGarvey, a Scottish Orwell Prize-winning author, titled Trauma Industrial Complex: How Oversharing Became…
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Why Do People Say It Isn’t Real?
“The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.” ~ Joseph Campbell If you found your way to this page, there’s a good chance you found it the way I once did. Late, probably. Searching for words for something happening to you and your…
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Letter For You
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ~ Joseph Campbell Dearest Daughter, I’m writing this anonymously out of respect for your privacy and mine, without knowing if you’ll ever read it. I pray you do find it, though, and…
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A Mother’s Mask
“The sun is our second symbol of rebirth…” ~ Joseph Campbell Have you ever heard the expression, “fake it until you make it”? It perfectly describes the feeling of wearing a mask to get through a tough time. For too long, I didn’t have the language for what I was carrying. After leaving an unhealthy…
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The Mask and The Journey
“Read myths. They teach you that you can turn inward, and you begin to get the message of the symbols.” ~ Joseph Campbell. The child who pushes you away is wearing a mask. So is the child who clings to your ex. Neither one is who your child really is. Both are how they survive.…
Alienated Maine
One mother. One truth. Many families in Maine.
Alienated Maine 