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All Atwitter

December 23, 2015

This post is a follow up to some tweets posted last night; by me as well as some done by, or shared by, Margaret Cho. I can not speak for Margaret (and she does very well speaking for herself) or ‘all women’ or people of [read more]

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DNR 2.0

December 21, 2015

Update: Jan. 4, 2016 DNR 2.0 Breaks the Interwebs ! ! ! Yes, over a million hits in a quarter-hour as crazed fans attempt to grab a moment of history. The unintentional DDOS was a hair’s breath away from collapsing the entire internet. The website [read more]

Family, Identity

Circumstantial Evidence

December 10, 2015

In my first post about my undertaking therapy to uncover repressed memories I say that I have “only 1 or 2 before the age of 7. Don’t get me wrong, I recall plenty of family stories about my younger years.” This is, of course, not [read more]

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Family, Identity

Deep Within I Know I’m Free

December 3, 2015

A few days ago I had my first session of hypnotherapy. No deep, dark secrets have surfaced, yet. It was an introduction to the Ericksonian approach. My therapist learned what many family & friends have known for some time- my mind is incredibly focused on [read more]

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Don’t Cry Out Loud

November 25, 2015

Yesterday afternoon I had my second session with a well-respected Psychologist. The first session covered why I sought counseling, what I hoped the end result would be, etc. This session we (and by ‘we’ I mean ‘me’) talked about what memories I do have- only [read more]

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Outing Myself, One Story at a Time

November 12, 2015

Below is a Guest Post from Marsha Shandur, a Storytelling Coach and Networking Mentor.   Mid-way through telling the story, I looked at Steve, suddenly realised what was coming, and panicked. I was 30 years old, and in my first queer relationship. I’d first had [read more]