Suggestions for "Homework Group"

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Suggestions for "Homework Group"
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Mon, 11-29-2010 - 2:15am

Good Evening Everybody -

I hope this message finds EVERYONE who reads it - at peace and in good spirits.

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. I started looking inside and went NC October 15, 2010
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Mon, 11-29-2010 - 9:59am
Michelle these sound great, do you think it would be appropriate to add past traumatic events that could have shaped our thinking patterns?

Happy Monday to you as well!
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Mon, 11-29-2010 - 1:55pm

Amber & Jen,

Thanks for your feedback!!!

You're sure welcome!!!

Believe me...I NEED THIS SO BAD TOO - and I've got the energy to pour into it.

Jen,

Yes - Thats a good idea about WHERE the stuff comes from - the ONE concern I have with delving in (although we're all pretty stable women) would be - what if we

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. I started looking inside and went NC October 15, 2010
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Mon, 11-29-2010 - 8:16pm

Alright, here's my first pass at an agenda.

I used OVERALL / GENERAL titles so please consider this when knowing that the content will Involve the following:

the above mentioned topic areas.

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. I started looking inside and went NC October 15, 2010
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Mon, 11-29-2010 - 8:33pm

Michelle,

I think those are awesome and I too feel we should be careful of uncovering something in our past

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Mon, 11-29-2010 - 8:57pm

She let us know that we can post a weekly thread in the Healing Library -that it's pretty difficult to get a whole section. :) Which is fine! We can do it that way just fine.

The information I pull together - in terms of meat & potatoes - Im going to pass by TU before posting - so it's not something too DEEP that could trigger responses that we're unprepared to deal with.

Im organizing and pulling together information and "homework" from AUTHORITIES on the subject - which will simply give us a structured approach - then we can all equally share and work through stuff and talk with eachother as we go through it.

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. I started looking inside and went NC October 15, 2010
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Tue, 11-30-2010 - 12:01am

Thanks you Micelle for getting the ball rolling with this!

Your energy is so well spent and we are the beneficiaries!

Melinda

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Tue, 11-30-2010 - 12:44am
I am here just with VERY little availability for the next couple of weeks. I just wanted to post quickly to say that in terms of triggering anything too deep - The description of the topic for the week will be clear enough so that people can self-assess whether or not they would like to participate. If a topic seems too difficult to consider alone, then move on and wait for a new topic. I will draft some suggestions for self-care when working on exercises, and when you want to close down your "session". Remember, this isn't meant to replace individual counseling or be some form of on-line therapy group - BUT that doesn't mean that it can't/won't have theraputic impacts ... which is what many people are looking for. This will just add some tools to go along with that process ... ALL of the information here on EAS has the possibilities of causing tremendous distress - NO SHIZ TU! Anyway, yes we'll need to be honest with ourselves when opting and out of various "lessons'.

Much Love,

TU.
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Tue, 11-30-2010 - 12:55am
Hi Michelle, it's a good point that you make about something being unearthed that could be very hard to handle on our own. I didn't think about that, doing excercises as you suggested would be much better:)