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Read more about the article The Vulnerable Power of Ted Lasso

The Vulnerable Power of Ted Lasso

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:May 17, 2023
  • Post category:Healing
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Last week’s episode of Ted Lasso was really good (spoiler alert). Yes, it was funny and clever and involved men running around and kicking a ball and crass remarks and…

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Read more about the article When Shame Becomes Joy and Guilt Becomes Gratitude

When Shame Becomes Joy and Guilt Becomes Gratitude

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 3, 2022
  • Post category:Family/Healing/Parenting
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Sometimes our sources of shame and guilt can become sources of joy and gratitude. It happened again for me recently, when my aunt and uncle took our kids to Acadia…

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Read more about the article Criticism: General Condemnation or Specific Conviction
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Criticism: General Condemnation or Specific Conviction

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 1, 2022
  • Post category:Healing/Parenting
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One tell-tale sign of an Enneagram One is what’s called an “inner-critic,” a relentless voice inside my head that questions my decisions and makes sweeping pronouncements about my inadequacies.  Whether…

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Read more about the article Why Did I Get Covid?

Why Did I Get Covid?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:April 23, 2022
  • Post category:Healing
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I’ve now been in bed with Covid for a few days. Sneezing, coughing, sniffling, cycling through chills and fever. I haven’t been sick like this in years.  In To Be…

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Read more about the article “I’m Not Enough” and “I’m Too Much” Are Both Catch Phrases for Shame

“I’m Not Enough” and “I’m Too Much” Are Both Catch Phrases for Shame

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:March 28, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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I’m not enough.  I’m too much. It took me a LONG time to realize that both of these statements are catch-phrases for shame.  It also took me a LONG time…

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Read more about the article Return to Belovedness

Return to Belovedness

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 20, 2021
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“We are intimately loved long before our parents, teachers, spouses, children and friends loved or wounded us.” —Henri Nouwen, Life of the Beloved I’m rereading Nouwen’s Life of the Beloved…

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