Category Archives: soul

How to Bounce Back Quickly From Painful Setbacks

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Gail Kenny

A series of disturbing news and events at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend left me in a funk.  It felt like that old stuck place I have spent so much of my life in.  I felt alone.  It … Continue reading →

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Tripping Up

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Gail Kenny

The path to feeling better after chronically feeling bad can be tough with many ups and downs.  In my quest to heal the chronic pelvic pain that kept me miserable for so long, I experienced periods of time, sometimes only … Continue reading →

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Vacation Anxiety and Pain Pattern

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Gail Kenny

This time of year many of us are taking summer vacations.  You know you really need a vacation but the vacation preparation can be really overwhelming.  Not only do you have to get ready to leave work for a period … Continue reading →

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How Not Helping Relieves Pain

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Gail Kenny

We See a Need and We Fill it A pattern I recognize in myself and other women is the tendency to make other people more important than ourselves.  We go out of our way to help other people be more … Continue reading →

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Cultivating the Glow

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Gail Kenny

You know the glow I’m talking about.  You see it in the couple who are newly in love.  You recognize it in the mother of a baby.  You know it in your spiritual teachers.  You feel warm, fuzzy and special … Continue reading →

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The Discipline of Daily Practice

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Gail Kenny

The Challenge The most challenging part of healing yourself by changing the way you think and feel is the discipline of doing a daily practice.  Most people who want to make change in their lives know that this requires they … Continue reading →

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Shining the Light in the Darkness

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Gail Kenny

This dark time of the year, when we have less day light and more night, is an opportunity to look within ourselves at what the darkness holds and to bring light, in the form of recognition, to it.  At this … Continue reading →

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