I signed up with a new “handle” on Twitter. “I” am now “TheJourneyista.” Well, technically, I’m still Tim Hodgens, aka The Journeyista, and for purposes of finding me on Twitter I’m “@TheJourneyista.” It felt right, and when I pushed the enter button something unexpected happened. A bee, yes, a bee showed up for the party … [Read more…]
No one wants to appear inadequate. If we do, it has the potential to raise the experience of shame, and shame in it’s intense expression is like torture for a social creature. We live in a world where we are deluged with images and sound-bytes which offer one opinion after another, all expertly expressed. Implied in … [Read more…]
In the previous post which I named Inward Trouble, I jumped right into the middle of an extended period in my life in which I was coming to terms with what was then an un-named inner ache. It gradually clarified into a sense of separation, sadness, aloneness, emptiness, disconnectedness and loss. It took time, much … [Read more…]
