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Trauma in a Time of Covid & Civil Unrest

June 4, 2020jenbreoadmin
Some of you may be weary from a week of protesting, from braving the pandemic to express your pain and outrage.  We have seen the grizzly image of an innocent man, handcuffed and lying prone to the ground, killed as...
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A Way Through

March 15, 2020jenbreoadmin
Dear Friends, What a moment in time this is!  If you’re freaking out and turning into a compulsive hand-washer and person of other sudden anxiety-fueled borderline nutty rituals (must buy another box of noodles!), do not despair.  You are not...
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Transitioning into 2020

January 1, 2020jenbreoadmin

Dear Friends, In the last few days more than one person has asked me how I cope with the upheaval – political, environmental, etc. – of this past year.  How do you survive a psycho-social hurricane?  Here are a few…

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How to Counter Betrayal with Compassion

The Impact of Betrayal

October 4, 2019jenbreoadmin

If you are reeling from the events of these past weeks, not because of their woeful indication of untreated mental illness at the helm of the U.S. political system and a passive, complicit political party allowing for chronically outrageous and…

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Patience and Compassion

September 11, 2019jenbreoadmin

Dear Friends, This is a poignant day, and for some, a strange one. It stirs questions – how to carry forward our history, including shocking loss, so much unexpected pain, and structures of all kinds we thought were solid coming…

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Trauma in Buddhist Community

September 5, 2017jenbreoadmin

After a summer of extended retreat, I came back to learn of the latest allegations of Sogyal Rinpoche’s severe misconduct. Perhaps like those of you who have spent much of your life in Buddhist communities, I’ve been deeply distressed by…

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Moving Forward In the New Year

January 9, 2017jenbreoadmin

As we walk our way into 2017, I continue to hear from friends, patients, and colleagues, questions about how best to respond to the tumult of recent months. What’s to be done? What am I supposed to do? Does it…

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A Call for Otherness & Action

November 11, 2016jenbreoadmin

Like many of you, I went to bed in the wee hours of Wednesday morning feeling heartsick. The festive “Hillary” Magnolia Bakery cupcakes were sadly in the freezer, untouched. Bottles of champagne sat unopened. Throughout the night I felt despairing…

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