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No, Thank You
The opening of my heart, I have come to understand, is not the same as becoming a receptacle for the unloading or dumping of another...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 28, 20213 min read


What To Do Next?
A relationship with a partner or dear friend has ended. An old dream about who you were together or who you were with that person, has...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 24, 20213 min read


It Only Takes a Moment
WALK SLOWLY ~ by Danna Faulds It only takes a reminder to breathe, a moment to be still, and just like that, something in me settles,...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 20, 20211 min read


He's My Brother
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by The Hollies Featuring Gutierrez https://youtu.be/mYHwLogr6qc … The road is long With many a winding...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 15, 20211 min read


The Fifth Sacred Thing
The Fifth Sacred Thing is a 1993 post-apocalyptic novel by Starhawk. The title refers to the elements of fire, earth, air, and water,...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 11, 20212 min read


Information Warfare
Information warfare (different from cyber warfare that attacks computers, software, and command control systems) manipulates information...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 7, 20212 min read


Moving Beyond Redemptive Violence
A Temple of this Earth Moving Beyond Redemptive Violence by Charles Eisenstein (This essay is the final installment of a series. Part 1,...

Annelisa MacBean
Oct 3, 202117 min read


Let It Be
Let It Be By Paul McCartney Featuring Matt Hylom https://youtu.be/v7wErmth4k4 When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 30, 20211 min read


The Journey
The Journey ~ by Mary Oliver One day you finally knew What you had to do, and began, Though the voices around you Kept shouting Their bad...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 26, 20211 min read


What's the Matter?
When I am sitting with a friend or client who is struggling, or even with myself when I am having a hard time, it’s very natural to ask,...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 22, 20212 min read


Listening . . . In Between
The contrasting feelings of hope and hopelessness, insight and numbness, worry and rest. The shaky uncertainty in my belly. The tightness...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 19, 20213 min read


Us and Them: Addendum
Below is an addendum to the article by Charles Eisenstein, which I published in this blog series on August 22, 2021, under the title “Us...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 17, 20216 min read


Therapeia
I sometimes think perhaps all therapy is grief therapy, really. The etymology of ”therapy” goes back to the Greek therapeia which...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 14, 20212 min read


A Time of Healing
In the Time of Pandemic by Kitty O'Meara And the people stayed home. And they listened, and read books, and rested, and exercised, and...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 10, 20211 min read


What's Goin' On?
What's Going On? By Marvin Gaye Featuring Sara Bareilles Playing For Change Song Around The World https://youtu.be/JEp7QrOBxyQ Mother,...

Annelisa MacBean
Sep 6, 20211 min read
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