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Mindful Trauma is Hard with a Mind Full of Trauma

Cissy White — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:58:17 +0000

My favorite color thinking is black and white. And mindfulness is all rainbow complex. I’m a resistant recruit to this be here now stuff. It feels so impossible at times when the past is a race car endlessly looping in my nervous system. Learning to get out of survival mode is like driving through life in reverse. The […]

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I Fell Hard So Hard for Hafiz

Cissy White — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 23:18:25 +0000

I went to bed with a man so much older than me. I don’t even want to confess our age difference but I will because I have never felt so electric, sensual and on fire. The memory makes my bottom lip swell and my fingertips tingle. You should know him too. It was springtime and […]

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Mindful PTSD, Part 2 or Why I Go to Bed with Rick Hanson & Belleruth Naparstek

Cissy White — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:19:38 +0000

Mindful PTSD. Part 2 I joke that my life is a whole lot better since I’ve been going to bed with Rick Hanson. It’s true. He’s in my bedroom every night as my invited guest. I take him into the deepest parts of me almost as soon as I get under my covers. But what I […]

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Guided Imagery & Meditation for PTSD or Why I Take Rick Hanson and Belleruth Naperstek to Bed

Cissy White — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 13:00:48 +0000

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Mindful PTSD

Cissy White — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 18:42:57 +0000

“If I was dissociating, I wouldn’t feel so anxious,” she said. “Or you might – but you just wouldn’t know it,” I replied. We laughed the PTSD laugh. “I’m not sure I’ve ever said that out loud,” she said. “But I know exactly what you mean,” I said. I can’t tell you how wonderful it […]

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