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Wish Lists: The Importance of Asking
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Nov 27, 2018
  • 5 min

Wish Lists: The Importance of Asking

There are lots of us who can’t ask for what we need or want. We have stories that caused this and it affects us in relationships and other h
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Writing My Own Ending to My Story
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jan 5, 2018
  • 4 min

Writing My Own Ending to My Story

I did not come to this place of sharing easily or quickly. It was necessary to heal before sharing. It is important to share selectively and
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Thankful: Being Safe in my own Head and Body
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Nov 23, 2017
  • 4 min

Thankful: Being Safe in my own Head and Body

Today, I am thankful for so much. My husband who took care of me (no small task), my therapist who believed in me when I couldn’t believe in
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So Much More than Perfect
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Nov 16, 2017
  • 5 min

So Much More than Perfect

Not only was I telling my story to the world, but I was also was putting it in printed form. My fear of being corrected was well founded sin
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What if I Fly? What if We Fly?
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Nov 14, 2017
  • 5 min

What if I Fly? What if We Fly?

This is really what saying #MeToo means. We are saying that there is nothing wrong with us. The longer we are silent, the greater the power
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Flying Earrings: The Lesson
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Oct 17, 2017
  • 5 min

Flying Earrings: The Lesson

When my earrings fell out and bounced across the floor, I was suddenly about six years old in an adult presenter’s body. I could do nothing
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Hiding in the Garden
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Sep 24, 2017
  • 5 min

Hiding in the Garden

The tragedy of the human condition is not in eating the apple, but in the distortion of natural guilt. Our greatest loss is when we no longe
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Is it Anxiety or Shame?
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jul 7, 2017
  • 5 min

Is it Anxiety or Shame?

I never knew I was dealing with shame. I knew I had excessive anxiety about the simplest of things like ordering food in a fast food restaur
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Neediness: An Unintended Consequence of Shame
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Jun 22, 2017
  • 6 min

Neediness: An Unintended Consequence of Shame

I stood in the doorway. I was very small, maybe two. I was sucking on my two middle fingers and watching my mother in the kitchen. I was for
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Writing My Own Ending to My Story
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Apr 23, 2017
  • 4 min

Writing My Own Ending to My Story

Last week I had the opportunity to sit with a new group of potential friends and tell my story. That was a frightening thing to do because my story is one my mind has mostly hidden from me for 60 years. Survival required safety and being aware of my own story was not safe. It certainly wasn’t safe to tell it! Where is it safe to tell our stories? Not many places fit the criteria of safety. For me, to tell my story meant that I had to reach the point where safety was not my pa
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An Easter Perspective: Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Apr 16, 2017
  • 5 min

An Easter Perspective: Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness

Why did Jesus die? Well, first of all he died because religious types hated him for speaking truth that upset their carefully constructed boxes and disturbed their power base. There are thousands of books on the subject of why Jesus died, but plain and simple, he died because he was hated and he refused to keep quiet and stop healing people. He knew exactly what was going to happen because he knew how entrenched religion had become and the power it wielded over those it oppre
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A Culture of Shame
Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
  • Apr 10, 2017
  • 4 min

A Culture of Shame

While bracing myself for the lurch of the tram at Denver airport, I watched as a young family with a stroller and screaming toddler tried to
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