Articles by Jodi Aman on relationships between romantic couples, parents-kids, work colleague and more. How self worth is created in relationship with others.
“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
Writing is all encompassing. I eat, breathe and sleep it. Even when I am not actively butt to chair typing away, I’m jotting down words that pique my attention, scribbling down ideas that interest me and recording quotes that enthuse me. While talking to people each day or reading whatever crosses my path, the ideas
So many times people ask me, How can someone hurt me like that? They wonder how someone can act inconsistent with common values and/or social mores. They cannot reconcile in their heads how this can be, especially when they are talking about someone who hurt them. And, they could be talking about the soldiers in the
There was an article in the NY Times titled “For Some Parents, Shouting Is the New Spanking” on Oct 22, 2009. Following a link to the article that someone posted on our holistic mom’s e-list, a discussion ensued that sparked my attention. I sit with countless families every week, who are dismayed at their tendencies
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