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Category Archives: Transition
Where’s Home?
I grew up in Germany. And I’ve lived most of my adult life in the US. I studied in the US. I built friendships there. Now i am visiting my parents in Germany. And am getting all confused: Where’s home? … Continue reading
Posted in Singles By Choice, Transition
Tagged childhood, couplemania, home, matrimania, singlism
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Love Experiments
As i am playing around with testing whether emotional freedom from cultural conditioning is possible, i have found a new edge for myself. I want to express my love for my friends – and somehow that is very scary, especially … Continue reading
Testing Self-Worth
I guess my transition is a practice: A practice in rebuilding my sense of self-worth despite all the self-doubts that have accumulated over the years. It’s hard work. And i seem to keep at it or else the voices, the … Continue reading
Posted in Community Building, Transition
Tagged consumerism, cultural trance, cultural trauma, isolation, mattering, self-doubts, self-worth
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Is this Paradise?
Lushes valley Deep down in the canyon Green bed of paradise So far down! Treacherous bridge Barely holding me up As i step into my power Junge Rachel wants me to go slow Don’t run across the bridge You might … Continue reading
Posted in Transition
Tagged community, fear, freedom, healing, poetry, shame, support
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My Mind is On My Mind
Not sure if it is my regular practice of writing morning pages, all the inner work i’ve been doing, or my general increased self-awareness, whatever it is, i have been noticing some interesting tendencies in my mind. It seems bend … Continue reading
The Face
It is the mask i carry to hide my pain. My story is that it helps me to stay connected. If you saw what’s underneath, you’d run screaming. It is hard to connect with The Face since it keeps me … Continue reading
Posted in Transition
Tagged acceptance, community, mattering, nonviolent communication, NVC, poetry, self-worth, shame
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