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The 100-Year Challenge
As I approached my 80th birthday (March 15, 2019), my dear friend Kim Campbell said I would live to one hundred. Maybe ninety, I thought....

ijayasher
May 10, 20192 min read
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SPIRIT CRUSHERS
I had brunch today with my friend Kris Drumm, a social worker. She brought up an expression I had never heard before: Spirit Crushers,...

ijayasher
May 3, 20192 min read
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Emptying the Room
I just listened to a meditation that has me thinking. The guide suggested emptying a room filled with furniture; your life. Put back into...

ijayasher
May 1, 20191 min read
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Turning 80! A beginning or an end?
Now that I have turned 80, I ask myself: What have you learned? What lessons will make the years ahead easier? The motto I plan to live...

ijayasher
Mar 23, 20192 min read
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Forgiveness
Why is forgiveness so difficult? Why do we hold on to anger? There has to be some benefit. It takes so much energy (I believe negative...

ijayasher
Mar 5, 20191 min read
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Anger
Why anger? What does it do for us? Anger is all about emotion. When the brain, in child mode, wants to fight back, raw emotion takes over...

ijayasher
Feb 27, 20192 min read
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The Stigma Around Male Sexual Abuse
I had lunch a few days ago with a friend whose adult son, a professional, is in therapy. Although I had some understanding of her family...

ijayasher
Feb 24, 20191 min read
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As Old As The Oldest Profession
Male sexual abuse is as old as the Oldest Profession. Around the world, since people kept records, there are stories of men using boys...

ijayasher
Feb 20, 20191 min read
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