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Therapy Will Make Your Kids Worse

June 15, 2023
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Book, Media and Movie Commentaries, Covid Pandemic Issues, Information and Ethics, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

I am passing on a cluster of inter-related talks, with the primary one being a conversation about how therapy in the current socio-political climate will make your kids worse. For those with children, those with grandchildren, those who teach, those who parent or help parent…basically for anyone who cares about children and their well-being…I suggest you might find some time to listen in to this discussion. It can be easy to presume by a title what the content or even...

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By eileenslifer
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Freely Emotional, Distorted and Intentionally Child-like Illustrations

October 10, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Short Stories/Creative Writing, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

In the process of working here and there on written out expressions of various life stories, going back to my first one done in 2006 called Crime and Punishment of the Problem Child, I continue to illustrate various parts in a very spontaneous (few preliminary pencil details, just enough to put on the marker) and loose style. My goal in these is first speed (I work these in as some type of reward in between doing commissioned watercolor – a...

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By eileenslifer
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The Mirror: A Short Story Written in 2005

August 8, 2022
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Family Outlines and Assorted Collectibles, Illustrated Short Stories, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Short Stories/Creative Writing, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

(Preface: This story was written in the fall of 2005 and dealt with both the death of my first marriage covenant and the death of my mother, originally written in an intertwined rumination of sorts. It was written in a free-association and free-form style, actually in one single evening, from a friend’s beach house where I went alone with a key, to pore through the paperwork involved in filing for divorce through a simple mediated process where we worked out...

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By eileenslifer
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Keep Being You

April 19, 2022
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Book, Media and Movie Commentaries, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

There’s a line from a movie that has been used in a number of ways and memes in pop culture: You keep using that word – I’m not even sure you know what it means! Awhile back on social media a friend made a comment: Keep being you. So, what does it mean to be me?And what does it mean to keep being me? What does it mean to be you? What does it mean to keep being you? I suppose...

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By eileenslifer
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Trauma Talkin’ Part III: On The Way To The Family Reunion

March 26, 2022
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Illustrated Short Stories, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Short Stories/Creative Writing, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Written 4/24/17 I’m 54 and I just survived another round of extreme stress in my life. I guess my “fight or flight” energy is still going so I’ll let it down gradually by taking a moment to write down a story from my childhood to help bring mental closure to this round. There is a quote by James Taylor which I love: “To me, very much of what is artistic is people’s very creative and inventive ways out of impossible...

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By eileenslifer
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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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