My greatest joy is giving the gift of love and hope through the dharma, knowing it is possible for humans to transform their hearts. These dharma gifts include paying attention, practicing clarity and kindness and addressing the suffering of the world--which, of course, includes ourselves. Right now I'm most enthusiastic about the first gift, paying attention, because it makes every part of our lives better. Paying attention allows us to become more clear, and each moment of clarity is a gif ...
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My name is Dan Clouser. I am a podcast host, author and a speaker. I founded and ran a nonprofit youth sports organization for 30 years called the Berkshire Baseball & Softball Club, which later became the BIG Vision Foundation. We ran teams, tournaments and a 130 acre sports complex. I loved every second of what I did. I loved working with kids and teaching them leadership skills and life lessons through sports and community service. I thought that I would have died doing what I loved. Then ...
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I think I know how to tell this story with the objective being TO CHANGE POLICIES. First, recover as soon as you can hear your own thinking connecting to previous thoughts so it's not just a single thought it's NEW INFO (What You Just Learned!) connecting to a priori. All the previous are writing samples created by adrenaline created by ptsd. -----------------------------------------------moved on------------------------------------------------- Today is March 1, 2024 (3:59 CT) & I am writin ...
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Dan and Sandy – Back to the Lower-48
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In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, Sandy and I talk the final leg of our Canadian and Alaskan adventure as we entered back into the Lower-48 after a 3-month adventure north of the border. We talk about our incredible experience in Haines, Alaska when we saw the Northern Lights. Our trip from Haines to Skagway on the Ferry.…
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Sylvia Boorstein: What’s supposed to happen? What is the goal of practice? (Part 2)
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Jon Sexton – From the Courts to the Screen with a few stops in Between
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with, Jon Sexton. This is the first interview that I’ve recorded with a guest that wasn’t Sandy or Alex since late May of this year. I have to tell you – Alaska and Canada were incredible, but it sure is good to be back sharing the stories of the many little people in many little pla…
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Sylvia Boorstein: What’s supposed to happen? What is the goal of practice? (Part 1)
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Dan Clouser – Soul Family – A Monologue
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In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, I talk about our Soul Family. There’s a chapter in my book, The Journey of My Mother’s Son titled, “Connection.” It’s about the need for human connection. If you’d like to read it, you can check it out here. Sandy and I are very blessed to have a wonderful blood family. We are doubly bles…
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Introducing 15/18 homeless client | consent to record granted | wants to help others NOW that at last step!
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It's been a long road, but the CDL permit has been issued. SMART E MC presents SMARTER THAN TRAUMA "A Buck For a Truck." Support the showAv SMART E MC
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I caught suicide. I've been capturing it every time I went on periscope...
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...rising adrenaline, oh no, can't move both from chronic pain & flight or fight? No, I freeze, but I CAN USE MY VOICE. Periscope also shows the first image & I saw a lot of Neptune, every time so that reminded me, the very cat that was abused was the trigger! Makes sense as he gets better & I truly believe all this happened so I could remove him f…
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PART TWO | since the video was too long, had to splice it in two...
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...the last thing I heard was "stealing time. Let's start with that one." In the past the phrase was "let's begin..." & this was a shortened version of "...brain drains & tailspins" since everything was poetry! I think it's partially because poetry is audio/visual, I taught multi-modal literacy & word families (cat, bat, sat, mat, chat, stat) & I a…
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Waiting until I hear what I need to hear to start writing since 1) there's no more reverberating pain. It's acute & I can manage it with specific exercises & a lot of chronic pain strategies like hot/cold baths, knowing what nerves like (to glide, spread, never stretch), how to push/pull/reach/bend & really intense FACET/TRIGGER POINT MANIPULATIONS…
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Dan Clouser – Making Adjustments – A Monologue
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In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, I talk about the need to be able to adjust throughout life. When I was coaching baseball, one of the things that I stressed to my players all of the time is that it was a game of adjustments. You always want to have a plan, but you also need to be able to make an adjustment to that plan i…
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Sylvia Boorstein: What Are We Doing Here, Really?: The Point of Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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Eve Decker, Howard Cohn, Jack Kornfield, James Baraz, Jane Baraz, Stephanie Antoine, Sylvia Boorstein: Spirit Rock Founders Remember the Early Days (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This opening night "Founders Retreat" talk includes Jack Kornfield, Sylvia Boorstein, Howie Cohn, Jane Baraz and Jane Baraz reminiscing about the early days of Spirit Rock.Av James Baraz
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Episode #300 - Dan, Sandy, and Alex – A Summer to Remember
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Episode #300 – What a milestone! It’s crazy to think that I have released 300 episodes of this podcast. The people I’ve met, the places and things that we’ve spoken about have been amazing. It’s truly been an honor to share the stories of so many incredible people as well as taking you all along for the ride as Sandy and I continue this incredible …
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To think differently is how to rewire the brain after assault/exposure to situations & people that maintain PTSD (in my case it's lying to face or in paperwork like incident reports of medical records to create a false narrative & contradictions that individuals refuse to explain or pairs/groups that refuse to discuss together to figure out "what t…
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Dan and Sandy – Winding Down our Northern Adventure
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In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, Sandy and I talk more about our amazing summer long northern adventure through Canada and Alaska. Another month in Alaska was spectacular, but also bittersweet, as our Alaskan adventure was starting to come to a close. We have had such a great time exploring America’s Last Frontier with s…
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Dan Clouser – Sometimes We Walk Alone – A Monologue
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In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, I read another chapter from my book, The Journey of My Mother’s Son, Volume I, Many Random Thoughts from the Road. This is Chapter 30, titled, Sometimes We Walk Alone. This is the shortest chapter in my book, however, I thin that it still carries a very powerful message. I hope you feel t…
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Untitled Episode : omg, I didn't write in every container! It is truly over since it's DIFFERENT. That's prolonged exposure therapy, but instead of writing, I had to rely on www (ha!)
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This is the last PODCAST "w" ptsd, but I also don't think it's there at all. No charger. 3% battery. Never made the deadline---3 hours in one month time--didn't get the time zones to begin with & now it's super easy. 11 minutes to go & it's 10m & some seconds so made every GOAL. I finished season 2 episode 8 POEM 2 8 was "words better than great" w…
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All the biological uptick of ptsd is gone & now able to follow-through with what I said I would do. Contact those who I said at one point, "I'm highly injured. I'll contact you when I can." How many years ...
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One person can truly change your life but you gotta do it right. Less strife to each other, the words in me changing frequently. Giving up the past, the books I thought that would last & last. Their meaning, their feeling, I'm reeling & done believing [in them] SMART E MC presents Smarter Than Trauma | "Dating Mating & Relating" | a play. Definitel…
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Words Do Something to me with PAST & PRESENT verbatim triggers [until now]
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Smart E MC presents Smarter Than Trauma. When people don't talk about money & then when people bring up the silliest money issues. This is CONTRAST. We are in WORLD TWO dropping seeds for #videoGames #gamer & "what are you wearing and who are you talking to?" When people move in, they really do reveal their secrets like sabotaging Neppy! RECOVERY N…
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Dan Clouser – Learning to come to Grips with My Terminal Illness - A Monologue
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In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, I read Chapter 19 from The Journey of My Mother’s Son, Volume I, Many Random Thoughts from the Road. I stopped recording interviews back in May because of our Canada and Alaska trip. Knowing that we would be in areas with little to internet, I had created a backlog of episodes to be relea…
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& the Reflection. This podcast & the one prior is to the 1-2 punch/kick/stab/choke/belittle combo.
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STEP ONE : get it out & did I. STEP TWO : reflect back* [one time] to check if I can stay here without physically (nerve radiculopathy & chronic pain) or mentally (ptsd) spiraling. STEP THREE : that's the final act. "What is she going to do about the ____!!!" You all freaked out about taking care of a disabled woman & yet, I'm into 100% equality am…
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Third Round 🥊 When you get IT out of the body with ART, We All Win. What's your preferred outlet? Mine's my voice. Now add beats.
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I'm going to start creating poetry & this podcast serves as the line between THE PAST, now firmly in THE PAST & the next & final step : transform. For anyone dealing with suicidal ideations please try to "catch" either the emotion, thought or behavior. You only have to deal with one, not all, since you tackle the one that is most present, most comm…
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Alex Croft – A Journey of Independence
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In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, I sit down and talk to my grandson, Alex Croft. This is the second time that I have had Alex on my podcast. The first was two years ago between his Junior and Senior year of high school. The first episode, we recorded in his backyard in Pennsylvania. This episode, we recorded in our RV wh…
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The only thing I can remember is I may have repeated self a bit & at the end, yes, u take back that suicide shhhhh. Not mine once you name it/say it/spray it & finally slay/write IT/fight IT so u will ...
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First strategy will be sharing is breath. With chronic pain, breathing can hurt. Sneezing really hurt so making sure the house was clear due to cat allergies was a must & my priority & "job." Someone didn't have to be in my home after admitting... [let's just write that scene verbatim since the trick is I could keep writing & writing, but you want …
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Dan and Sandy – The Northern Adventure Continues
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In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, Sandy and I talk more about our amazing summer long northern adventure through Canada and Alaska. We spent a little over a month traveling throughout Canada. We made it north of the 60th Parallel and all the way up to Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories. We traveled over…
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This contains poetry, but to get there, you'll have to find the YouTube...
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...& to find the YouTube you'll have to scroll, tap & read. Skills that increase my vestibular [then]. I thought if someone was willing to do all that, that must mean something since this whole this is remind us education is fleeting. Don't blink, learning happens faster than you think. And if you squander the chance to get it by not participating,…
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We are going to Elevate Difference & NOT be like them. I reject their words, ideas, behaviors, philosophies & the MOTIVATION/INTENTION when you ask, "why?" | I lost this, but when I got it back, you really ...
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NEW SEASON since all of this is truly practice until "the test," which is politics because everything that happened to me, I was able to put into education as a student then a teacher (special ed. K-4. Severe/Profound. 2nd grade general ed) IN AUDIO/DIGITAL CONTAINER/NOTES (I do recall hearing this in the podcast, somewhere so record it. This is ba…
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When you confront the people who created the trigger & you get their response---that's it---first step--WHAT DO YOU THINK?--now use that info to make further interventions like, NO, I do not consent to ...
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Data is important to make good decision & being a behaviorist, concussed at workplace (special educator), can't unlearn how to quantify what is considered non-quantifiable (qualitative data), but you can. No hashtags. Just get it out! In the past, the place to put hashtags was another space to contain trauma until all characters were used up---that…
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Dr. Leland Stillman – Alternative Medicine
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with, Dr. Leland Stillman. Dr. Leland Stillman studied Biology and Environmental Health at Connecticut College and received his medical doctorate from the University of Virginia. He then trained in Internal Medicine at Maine Medical Center. He practiced as a Hospitalist for three yea…
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Michaela S. Cox – Thriving in All Things in Life
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with, Michaela S. Cox. Michaela S. Cox is a multi-published author and speaker who writes and speaks about diverse topics ranging from faith and spirituality, to motherhood, parenting, and family, to grief and loss. She is an author who writes about her heartfelt meditations related …
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When you can hear you voice, you can hear what you said & finish the thought/sentence. DONE
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UPDATE DESCRIPTION : Today is August 13, 2024 & am presently creating the 2nd to last podcast before the 19th of this month. This is a first go (to remove to audio TT of "my parents never taught me" & "this is my first.") Please listen & this is original podcast [link] if you want to hear it in its entirety. 1) 3:40--4:02 | How did you lose two cla…
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with, Ben Oofana. From a very early age, Ben was drawn to indigenous cultures and their spiritual practices. He was particularly fascinated by the paranormal. Native Americans, like peoples of other indigenous cultures lived with a foot in two worlds, relying on the assistance of sup…
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I talk with Lois Letchford. Lois is the author of the book, "Reversed: A Memoir," which chronicles an extraordinary journey of overcoming daunting odds, offering inspiration and hope to parents and educators navigating desperate situations. At the age of 39, while teaching her second son ho…
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In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, Sandy and I talk about our trip up the Oregon Coast, into Washington, and eventually across the border into Canada. After almost two years in the making, we were excited to meet our friends and grandson, Alex in Great Falls, Montana to start our 3-1/2-month journey throughout Canada and A…
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Greg Peterson – Let’s talk permaculture!
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I sit down and talk with Greg Peterson. Greg is the host of the Urban Farm Podcast and the founder of The Urban Farm. “What if there was a garden and fruit tree in every yard?” This is a question that Greg ponders every day. For over 32 years he created on of one of Phoenix's first environm…
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Advocacy is a dialogue, but can also be a monologue ***TRIGGER WARNINGS*** we discuss fake art activist & intent to create ****.
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I've successful confronted & gotten ahead of the word "NOT" since I used to say, "advocacy is a dialogue, not a monologue" because it's the back-and-forth that can support concussion recovery, not the non-responses, eyes that bug out & visual moments that have stuck. MEMORY ON REPLAY : BORAT. The youTube channel connected to this podcast contains t…
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Morgan McCarver – The Potter and the Clay
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I sit down and talk with Morgan McCarver. Morgan was born and raised in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her work is inspired by her female mentors of past and present, as well as her connection to Victorian corsetry through her scoliosis journey. She received an art degree with a ceramic’s con…
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Catherine Gairard – The Heart of an Artist
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I sit down and talk with Catherine Gairard. Born in Peru into a low-middle-class family, Catherine faced financial barriers that hindered formal music education. Undeterred, she dedicated herself to self-study, cultivating a passion for music that eventually became a driving force in her li…
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The best words really will end trauma by giving you IDEAS! They want US[A] disconnected, so let's CONNECT! SMC with STT presents DMR. Thank you! I'm going to now deSCRIBE how I got on What's App. It took years and a story about a child in distress! Not just any child, one with special needs. Support the show…
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NOTE : The visuals/new & past notes are in the YouTube channel as well (to remove it from this computer--memory capacity!) & haven't done that for awhile. -- R shoulder pain really up limiting time I can be at computer. -- L hip pain in down -- centralizing toward spine & in buttocks with radiating pain in 4 places. Difference with radiating pain […
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Walt Morgan – Taking Flight with Leadership
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I sit down and talk with Walt Morgan. Walt is a professional Integral Coach who partners with clients from all walks of life to achieve the personal and professional developmental goals that are most important to them. He served in the U.S. Navy for 23 years as a helicopter pilot and retire…
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This was probably the most difficult podcast that I ever had to record. In this episode of “The Journey of My Mother’s Son” podcast, Sandy and I talk about our travels through California and the loss of our best travel companion, Youk. The end of April was very difficult for us and we’re still working through the grief process. Youk crossed the Rai…
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Antwaun Thompson – Teaching the Life Lessons within the Game
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I sit down and talk with Antwaun Thompson. Antwaun Thompson or Coach T, has coached and mentored young men and women, helping to improve their athletic skills, confidence, resiliency, life skills experiences and focus for over 30 years. Nothing brings him more satisfaction than seeing the h…
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internet research started today & because the internet is a container for PTSD/SUICIDE there are ways to contain it. IF SOMEONE REACHES OUT TO YOU or has DMs, messages, behaviors that are completely different, it's perfectly OK to ask, "what's happening?" or just call them. Don't wait, as soon as you get it. The text comes in and you notice it's fr…
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2-WAY CONSENT for recording & why that's a law/felony. This creates tt. Lowercase to validate, on the way out, but also, "no respect"
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Just listen. I'm done with this space. Just meaning it happened. I can hear my voice. No need for MY voice over theirs since there's nothing RISING UP (mental abuse) or BATTERING DOWN (physical assault) The purpose of ptsd? You're in survival mode so ears/eyes alit and ready to absorb. What you hear/see may mean you get to make it another day. Unti…
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Noah Asher – Overcoming the Overwhelming
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In this episode of the Journey of My Mother’s Son podcast, I sit down and talk with Noah Asher. Noah Asher is an author, Chaos-survivor, business owner, and communicator. Noah helps people find purpose within their pain and their past. His new book, CHAOS: Overcoming the Overwhelming, is a guide on how to navigate through difficult times and come o…
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PART III | & then you stop... because IT is NOT there anymore :)
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...moved on a long time ago when decided "to teach" a third & final curriculum to see if it would put teaching away & return me to whole. It did! SmarterThanTrauma™ ©SMART E MC Support the showAv SMART E MC
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THIS MAY HAVE BEEN UPLOADED EARLIER | will check time, but ultimately... it has highest # (so I know, choice isn't intact)
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May 24, 2024 LISTENED to "bits" to know, what is this? STEP ONE : get it out and IN SPACEs that absolutely are the scariest (just like "write the ugliest stuff on prettiest paper" & since SPACE was "Neptune [around the planets we zoom"] so that means---find that YouTube video. OK #botany #boomerang #PeterPan #RobinWilliams #s[uicide] #boom. The pho…
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PART III | I don't have to share the whole convo. I just have to LISTEN TO MY VOICE
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& reflect. It sounds like a really "OFF" me so what is that? How did I even begin in this type of advocacy? TO GET OUT OF MY HOUSE & WHO WAS I MOST GRATEFUL FOR? WHO I SAID HELLO TO FIRST [matters]. SmarterThanTrauma™ ©SMART E MC Support the showAv SMART E MC
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