tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28456983.post8692763328613700738..comments2023-08-13T02:58:11.090-07:00Comments on The Healing Nest Blog Archive: The Art of TransformationCourtney Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134445555527421256noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28456983.post-22872083273113099732007-08-14T14:15:00.000-07:002007-08-14T14:15:00.000-07:00K ~Yeah, I think small shifts can also be HUGE shi...K ~<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I think small shifts can also be HUGE shifts. Sometimes the small issues stick around a long time, get engrained and sticky. It's hard to get them to budge at times. I'm glad to hear that your explorations into self-compassion are fruitful!<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>CourtneyCourtney Putnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134445555527421256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28456983.post-55341166110655654622007-08-08T00:33:00.000-07:002007-08-08T00:33:00.000-07:00Continuing to love your blog! I've been reading P...Continuing to love your blog! I've been reading Pema Chodron lately. Very interested in the idea of being compassionate toward myself rather than having self-aggression when I hit one of my human flaws like anger or making a mistake, etc. It's really such a small shift in my thoughts, and yet it is hUgE! :) Thanks for continuing to share your explorations with us! Miracles, k-Kara Chipoletti Jones of GriefAndCreativity dot comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110578035201758404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28456983.post-48972892216452912042007-07-24T22:34:00.000-07:002007-07-24T22:34:00.000-07:00Yes, a revelation, indeed! It's been a big shift ...Yes, a revelation, indeed! It's been a big shift for me as well. Thank you for sharing your experience and insight, Wheylona. <BR/><BR/>I still sometimes fall into the self-criticism trap, but I try to remember to be gentle with myself. <BR/><BR/>I recently read a wonderful memoir called _Eat, Pray, Love_ by Elizabeth Gilbert and in it she describes using her journal as a way to have a dialogue with herself. When she asks for help during moments of depression or panic, she writes a reply in her journal (usually starting with something like, "I'm right here. How can I help you?") as if her journal voice is a friend who helps and comforts her. <BR/><BR/>There's a lovely moment when she describes writing to herself the following: "I'm here. I love you. I don't care if you need to stay uip crying all night long, I will stay with you...I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Lonliness and nothing will ever exhaust me."Courtney Putnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03677715903439414722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28456983.post-66846757005889158932007-07-22T15:21:00.000-07:002007-07-22T15:21:00.000-07:00Thanks for posting this!The idea of needing to get...Thanks for posting this!<BR/><BR/>The idea of needing to get rid of imperfections to be "well" has been a lifelong bugaboo for me, but not once, until I found a wise therapist (who must have read this book) was I told that excising my imperfections was cutting away at myself, that it was ultimately a destructive way to think. Instead, like you said, he encouraged me to accept them, and to nurture them. It was such a revelation.wheylonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385268891579603619noreply@blogger.com