A Journey Through Delusion and Back
Martha Manning • 7/12/2021
A terrifying journey shows just how much psychotic delusions are embedded in the unquestioned essence of a person’s thinking—as true as ocean, ground, and sky.
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Discovering the Watchful Heart
Martha Manning • 3/2/2021
The legacies of extraordinary people we’ve lost invite us to embrace the examples they’ve left behind. But how exactly do we do it?
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The Unbearable Heaviness of Being: Learning to Celebrate a New Shape
Martha Manning • 11/3/2020
Refusing to be defined by others can sometimes require an unexpected catalyst.
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Scenes from a Miscarriage
Martha Manning • 6/30/2020
The story of a miscarriage is often about crushed hope, but it can also bring unexpected possibility.
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Four Tips for Processing Grief
Martha Manning • 6/30/2020
We still don’t have a clear and reliable road map for navigating the unique grief that comes with losing a wanted pregnancy.
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Irish Whiskey: The Comfort of a Powerful Lineage
Martha Manning • 3/5/2020
How our family lineages weave a connection of giving and taking and giving again.
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A Therapist Moves On Up
Martha Manning • 10/28/2019
Our offices don’t make people well, but they extend an invitation. They provide a comforting consistency in the midst of hard, often unsettling work. So a therapist’s office—no matter what it looks like—will absolutely never be “just an office.”
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Being Haunted Isn't the Same as Being Cursed
Martha Manning • 2/20/2019
By Martha Manning - My family is haunted by depression. My mother can trace it back in her family at least six generations. When it hits, it hits hard. My own battle with depression has focused on developing an understanding of the commonalities I share with my mother and grandmother, appreciating aspects of our shared legacies as some of the things I most valued in myself. Being haunted is not the same as being cursed.
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Comfort Me
Martha Manning • 9/5/2018
Confronting grief in a laundromat.
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Surviving a Battle with Severe Depression
Martha Manning • 7/30/2018
By Martha Manning - Depression hits you where you live, annihilating even the basic functions, and graduating to the most complex. At its worst, depression extinguishes the pilot light, depriving you of the substrate that makes you feel real.
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