Articles by Jodi Aman about changing beliefs, stories and attitudes, shapeshifting
Remember even if you feel like you are going backwards, there is only one direction to go: Forwards. Someone wrote this on my Facebook page: After two good days I can’t stop crying today. It feels like I’m back to how I was feeling before. Those two days were brilliant. Today I feel scared it […]
There is only one direction (even if you feel yourself going backwards) Read More »
I have loved inspirational quotes since I was little girl. I still have the book I kept them in. So naturally I love this new platform of sharing inspirational quotations. Facebook quotes are a good example of this ever changing world. With more and more challenges, we need the words of these spiritual leaders, activists,
Why We Love Inspiration: Facebook’s Best Inspirational Quotes Read More »
This is an excerpt from the eulogy I wrote for my grandfather who died a few years ago. It is his birthday on May 8th. He taught us so much about love. This is a long post which I tried to edit, but it was too difficult to delete much–he meant so much to me.
Remembering How to Really Love – Anthony Julian Eulogy Read More »
Do you? Do you mind your mind? What I mean is, how are you making meaning around your life and the events in it? As a social worker, I have always been greatly concerned how the context of our lives affect our spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical bodies. Over the years I have become increasingly aware
Get out of my way, ego! Many of us feel like we are on spiritual journeys. I, like many before me, have a sense this is the purpose of our life, to learn the lessons this life can provide. Painful situation are usually opportunities for great learning if we allow them to be. I am not
40 Things I Will Give Up For The Second Half of My Life Get wild about how I think 1.Putting conditions on love: expect something from someone when I offer kindness and compassion. 2. Judging others for things I am also likely to do. 3. False speech. 4. Complaining about something rather than changing my
You Better Get Wild Right Now Young (40 year old) Lady! Read More »
“Work ethic is less valued than in the past.” This is what an exasperated client said to me recently. Her college classmates critiqued her for working hard earlier that day. They were worried about her because she puts an incredible amount of pressure on herself. I actually worry, too. This pressure stresses her out, causing
International Women’s Day It is wonderful that today March 8, International Women’s Day falls on a full moon this year. What is International Women’s Day? Since 1975, women’s right and women’s awareness has been celebrated on this day. It has more emphasis in other countries and less in the US. It is so un-widely known