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Excavating Shame || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA
Shame. Common to the human experience, we’ve all experienced it, at times so excruciatingly painful that we desperately seek a hole to fall into, the proverbial wish for the ground to open up beneath our feet so that we can hide. Shame resilience depends on being able to move through shame experiences with self-compassion (after…
Read MoreBe kind – but it DOESN’T mean be nice! || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards MA
Being too nice can kill you. This is how it starts: Your body says to you, “You’re doing it again. You strongly disagree with what that person’s saying/doing, but you’re smiling and going along even though you’re seething inside. You’re stressing, so I’m releasing adrenaline and cortisol into your bloodstream. That’s what I do. Your…
Read MoreFate’s Interventions—Minus Fatalism II By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA
A skinny, awkward, sixteen-year-old steps fearfully onto the stage. It’s Amateur Night at the Harlem Opera House. The announcer says, “The next contestant is a young lady named Ella Fitzgerald. . . .Miss Fitzgerald is gonna dance for us. . . . Hold it, hold it. Now, what’s your problem, honey? . . . Correction,…
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