Articles by Jodi Aman on relationships between romantic couples, parents-kids, work colleague and more. How self worth is created in relationship with others.
Be a witness. This one is easy and my favorite life commitments. For some of us and at some time in our life, this world is a lonely place. There are a few choices for us bystanders to do in response to other’s pain. We gain tremendously from all of them. It does not take from […]
The following is a excerpt from my new Book Understanding Pain, Anger and Fear: Michael White’s Absent But Implicit. In the context of everyday conversations, it is all too common to hear expressions of complaint, pain, frustration, worry, and/or anger. In our culture, we are quick to point out what we don’t want and what we don’t
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People from my past are still part of me. Last night, I sat waiting in a parking lot for my father to drop off my son (12) who spent the day with him watching movies and going to dinner. I arrived early and sat watching great big chunks of snowflakes falling on my windshield. The world
“Friends are never truly lost. Sometimes they ebb and flow into and from our lives, however, never lost.” Evelyn Prieto I wanted to share with you all a recent tender moment in counseling. My client a young, beautiful woman was telling me a story of how she learned that “nothing was permanent” after losing
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I won! I won! Someone noticed me! It is one of our deepest desires to be noticed. Whoo Hoo! Mama Wolfe from mamawolfe noticed me and my lil ole blog and gave me this cool About Me award. Really cool, except, wait…there’s a catch. I have to tell 7 things about me. Perhaps if you
Be careful what you wish for. I heard Vogue by Madonna twice this week and have been wondering if it is a coincidence or some kind of sign. What would Vogue be a sign of anyway? (Besides the fact that the 80’s had the best dance music eva!) The second time I heard it was
In my previous post, you read how connecting so heartily to the Quito healing practices in the shapeshift workshops felt like coming home. The emphasis on story resonates with how I saw the world. And to me, fit like a glove with narrative philosophy. Stories are how the world is created. Change the story, change
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Someone asked me, “When are we done healing?” This is a very common question with a complex answer. People want to know how much more work they have to do. They go through hard times, sometimes horrible times and then they go through months, sometimes years or decades to recover. “Getting over it” or “working