by Jeanne Denney
It happens less than it used to, but still more than I wish. Often it happens so suddenly that it catches me by surprise and I have no idea where it came from; and leaves just as suddenly, like a hit-and-run driver or a short-term hijacking. I have lived with it for most [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Toxic Parent Brain
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »
My Name is You
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
When my daughter, Amanda was little, there was a Sesame Street segment that we loved to watch together. It featured children from all over the world singing a line from the song, My Name is You (“We All Sing with the Same Voice”). We both used to watch transfixed as one child after another sang [...]
How Our Children Lose Their Smiles
Posted in Uncategorized on January 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Any time I walk into a classroom, meeting or party, my assumption is that roughly fifty to eighty percent of the women present have been sexually, physically or emotionally abused before the age of 18; and that these experiences have compromised optimal neural integration and development to some degree; and that the same is true [...]
Honest at the End
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here are three short recent videos of two people who have been very inspirational in my life. They are both nearing the end of theirs, and are doing so with honesty, humor, forgiveness and compassion. Click on their names to witness two exemplars of temporal and transpirational brain integration …
Stephen and Ondrea Levine
The Death of a Dear Heart
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2009 | 23 Comments »
My sister died this week.
She was seven years old when I was born – my big sister. I remember her reading me to sleep at age three to Longfellow’s “Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.” She taught me how to play 500 rummy when I was eight. She was sixteen years old and just starting to [...]
