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Pain in the Process of Recovery

Posted: May 11, 2010 Under: Freedom & Wholeness By Carla Dippel 18 Comments

“And a woman spoke, saying, ‘Tell us of Pain.’ And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain….” ~ Kahlil Gibran We are learning to struggle well.  … Continue reading "Pain in the Process of Recovery"

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How a “Leeching” Belief System Creates Havoc

Posted: April 17, 2010 Under: Father Daughter By Carla Dippel 15 Comments

  A belief system that says, “I am a nobody, I can’t do anything right, I’m just stupid” wreaks havoc in a few different ways. I believe we were born with an unconscious sense of our own value; deep down, in each of us, there “dwells a beauty”, a person who is loved and can … Continue reading "How a “Leeching” Belief System Creates Havoc"

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Valued Because…

Posted: March 28, 2010 Under: Family By Carla Dippel 8 Comments

We are born valuable but vulnerable. We have this inherent sense of value for ourselves. As babies, when we were in pain, we cried. When we were hungry, we cried. When we were uncomfortable, we cried. We cried because there was no thought or experience that disconnected us from the truth of our value. We … Continue reading "Valued Because…"

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And After the Struggle

Posted: March 24, 2010 Under: Self Esteem By Carla Dippel 5 Comments

(continued on from my previous post, Beauty and Power in the Struggle) And after the struggle, I am gifted with a stronger sense of the truth about myself. What I doubted so fiercely in the “tug” has gone through a refining process… like the juice squeezing out of a lemon or a bubbling sauce on … Continue reading "And After the Struggle"

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Beauty and Power in the Struggle

Posted: March 20, 2010 Under: Self Esteem By Carla Dippel 4 Comments

In growing past striving and pursuing a life of thriving (flying), struggle takes on a whole new meaning. Laboring under what is not true, trying to be perfect, acting only to please other people- these are tiresome and fruitless struggles. But the struggle to grow, to change and embrace what is true, this kind of … Continue reading "Beauty and Power in the Struggle"

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That Flying Feeling

Posted: March 16, 2010 Under: Freedom & Wholeness By Carla Dippel 4 Comments

In this post I was wanting to capture the feeling of learning to fly for ourselves. We are untangling, we are, in bits and pieces, letting go of what we thought was true about ourselves and grasping on to something new, something better. These moments of growth, these little steps, are not so small… Allowing … Continue reading "That Flying Feeling"

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The Guilty Way

Posted: March 08, 2010 Under: Depression By Carla Dippel 8 Comments

The Guilty Way is one of many ways of coping that starts with the lie that says: the core of who you are is messed up, not good, not reliable, not able. The lie might at first be spoken directly, verbally, by a parent or a relative, a friend or a preacher or a teacher. … Continue reading "The Guilty Way"

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Transformation and Understanding

Posted: March 04, 2010 Under: Depression By Carla Dippel 5 Comments

Taking a thinking break, I looked over to my calendar. The saying for February was about growing quietly but persistently… I liked that one. Suddenly I realized that it was time to turn it over to March! Pulling it off my cubicle wall, I excitedly peeled up the next page to read this month’s quote. … Continue reading "Transformation and Understanding"

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Beyond the Resignation Wall

Posted: February 28, 2010 Under: Freedom & Wholeness By Carla Dippel 6 Comments

Excerpt from A Clash of Kings, pg 97, by George R.R. Martin “Sam squinted up at the Wall. It loomed above them, an icy cliff seven hundred feet high. Sometimes it seemed to Jon almost a living thing, with moods of its own. The color of the ice was wont to change with every shift … Continue reading "Beyond the Resignation Wall"

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The Truth

Posted: February 24, 2010 Under: Freedom & Wholeness By Carla Dippel 9 Comments

It’s that stuff that makes us grow, helps us heal, helps us see. It transcends time, weaving its way through our childhoods, our presents, waiting for us in our futures (in the next second, and the next and the next…) It always leaves its candles burning, stars of light dotting our paths in every direction. … Continue reading "The Truth"

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