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Write a Blog and You’re Sittin’ on Top of the World
LegalNoodle Has Returned LegalNoodle has returned because I cannot live without blogging. I deeply regret intentionally letting the old LegalNoodle.com website die. I decided I didn’t want the financial expense or time involved in blogging. I was wrong. Now I am back. So welcome to the new LegalNoodle.com site also known as Culver City –…
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Transformation
I Am No Longer Joe Btfsplk. No longer do I walk around with a rain cloud perpetually hanging over my head like Joe Btfsplk, the character from the Lil’ Abner comic series. In photos of me as a child I always look kind of sad and depressed. My siblings and I have a look of…
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Change of Heart
LegalNoodle Has Had A Change Of Heart The featured image of the heart on this post was created by AI but the text was written by a human. After some technical difficulties the old Legalnoodle.com website now forwards to this CulverWestLA.com website. This is because LegalNoodle has had a change of heart. I wrote a…
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A Course In Miracles Practitioner
Maria Felipe at Unity of the Westside On Sunday April 14, 2024 we had guest speaker Maria Felipe at Unity of the Westside in Culver City. Ms. Felipe is certified by third-party vendors as A Course In Miracles practitioner. The main thing that I learned from her talk is that you can just say no.…
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Orthodox vs. Metaphysical vs. Mystical
Metaphysical Bible Study at Unity of the Westside The last session of the five session Metaphysical Bible Study at Unity of the Westside in Culver City is tomorrow, Wednesday April 17, 2024 at 5:30 pm. I have been to the first four sessions however I am doubting that I will attend the last one. The…
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13. EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitizing Reprocessing is part thirteen of my thirteen part commentary and synopsis of The Body Keeps the Score, Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk. 1. INTRODUCTION: Childhood Trauma Causes Addiction 2. 12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Damaging Emotional Conflicts 3. Trauma Damages Left Brain Speech…
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12. FINAL HEALING
Final healing is part twelve of my thirteen part commentary and synopsis of The Body Keeps the Score, Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk. 1. INTRODUCTION: Childhood Trauma Causes Addiction 2. 12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Damaging Emotional Conflicts 3. Trauma Damages Left Brain Speech 4. BIOFEEDBACK:…
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11. Lock Down Your Childhood Trauma
Lock down your childhood trauma is part eleven of my thirteen part commentary and synopsis of The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. 1. INTRODUCTION: Childhood Trauma Causes Addiction 2. 12 Steps & 12 Traditions: Damaging Emotional Conflicts 3. Trauma Damages Left Brain Speech 4. BIOFEEDBACK: Meditative States of Consciousness 5. INTEROCEPTION:…
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10. Adaptations to Trauma
Adaptations to Trauma is part ten of my fourteen part commentary and synopsis The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, and most of this post is a verbatim reprint thereof. Adaptations to trauma can be so severe that health-care providers and patients often believe that full recovery is beyond reach. I was…
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8 & 9. Alexithymia and EMDR
Here are parts eight and nine of my thirteen part commentary and synopsis of the master piece by Bessel van der Kolk. Much of this post is a verbatim reprint from The Body Keeps The Score. One in ten people have alexithymia, problems feeling and expressing emotions. The Greek word alexithymia means “no words for…