“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” William James We can be fooled by our thoughts. For example, it’s Monday, but it doesn’t feel like Monday. It feels like Tuesday or Wednesday. Due to the inconvenience of a stomach virus, I lost a few…
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“Defining Life Realistically” is Carl Jung‘s third task of his Seven Tasks of Aging. The last ten years have been a major reality check for me. I’m still trying to find my balance. When we “cling to illusions that are contrary to reality, then problems will surely arise”, according to…
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Many of us are in the phase of letting go. One of the first and most difficult we face is that of letting go of our role as mothers. We understand that we must allow our children to be independent and make their own decisions, but this conflicts with the…
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MOM’S LIFE REVIEW When my mother was in her nineties, she became obsessed with telling me stories of her life. I heard about people, places and experiences that she had never shared with me, or perhaps anyone, before. I understood her need to go back and revisit her life having…
View More CARL JUNG’S LIFE REVIEW – Tasks of AgingI began my Manifest Me blog a little over a year ago. It’s hard for me to fathom how far a person can travel on the inner journey in such a short period of time. When going through change and upheaval the passing of time seems interminable. The thing I’ve…
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