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Rachel's Musings

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Rachel's Musings

Tag Archives: friendship

Catch-22 of Depression

Rachel's Musings Posted on August 28, 2015 by RachelDecember 22, 2015

I don’t know if I have the clinical version of depression but I certainly have some of its symptoms. And it seems like they’ve been lurking in the background since at least my teenage years, always coming hand-in-hand with loneliness …
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Posted in Personal | Tagged depression, friendship, loneliness | Leave a reply

The Mind on Relationships

Rachel's Musings Posted on January 19, 2014 by RachelJanuary 19, 2014

As I do so often on this blog, I would like to share something from my personal experience in the hope that it might help others gain some insights about their own life. On Friday, I attended a meditation group. …
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Posted in Community Building, Personal | Tagged friendship, mindfulness, relationships, shame | Leave a reply

Loneliness

Rachel's Musings Posted on July 22, 2012 by RachelApril 19, 2013

I have been struggling with loneliness lately. It’s probably been exacerbated by my bout with hypothyroidism because i just don’t have the energy to maintain connections – and i am guessing i also damaged a few because i reacted out …
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Posted in Lebensexperiment, Singles By Choice | Tagged community, couplemania, friendship, loneliness, longing, self-doubts, self-worth, singlism | 7 Replies

Energy and Friendship

Rachel's Musings Posted on June 29, 2012 by RachelApril 23, 2016

I’ve been thinking a lot about time and friendship lately. Maybe it’s because my recent energy crash brought to light that somehow i was burning myself out (again). Yes, it was partly hypothyroidism and there were other contributing factors, like …
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Posted in Lebensexperiment | Tagged cultural trauma, friendship, health issues, hypothyroidism, letting go, nonviolent communication, NVC | 3 Replies

Intentional Families

Rachel's Musings Posted on July 13, 2011 by RachelApril 19, 2013

Using pragmatist models of democracy as a two-strand entity that has to become part of our daily lives to fully function, i outline how we can design families to support the participatory strand. Following Dewey’s suggestion to evaluate “inherited institutions,” …
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Posted in Academic, Community Building, Philosophy | Tagged community, feminist philosophy, friendship | Leave a reply

Sisyphus and Happiness

Rachel's Musings Posted on March 20, 2008 by RachelApril 19, 2013

As I was waking up this morning, in that state of not-quite-awakeness, the name Sisyphus bubbled up. Somehow the idea of dragging myself out of bed to do almost exactly the same thing I had done the day before, felt …
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Posted in Healing tools | Tagged connection, depression, field notes, friendship, happiness, meaning | 2 Replies
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