Tag Archives: healing

Moving On With My Broken Life

Posted on June 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

Back Bay, Newport Beach, California My Real Memoir Ten-year-old me had loved gliding down the street while standing on his bicycle seat. And twenty-year-old me had relished climbing over guard rails and sitting on the edges of tall buildings. I’d … Continue reading →

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Finding Peace Amid the Storm

Posted on May 27, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I’d awakened, badly hungover, at three in the morning, and begun thinking, “What if I go insane?” In the past, the notion would have been fleeting. But not this time. The more I thought about it, the more … Continue reading →

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Hope Is More Virulent Than Fear

Posted on May 10, 2025 by mitchteemley

Five years ago, my wife and I ate at a favorite local restaurant and saw a movie, The Invisible Man. It was an excellent film about an invisible enemy. And speaking of invisible enemies… COVID-19 was spreading. Rapidly. We heard … Continue reading →

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The Beauty of Light and Shadows

Posted on April 18, 2025 by mitchteemley

I’ve always been intrigued by the relationship between light and shadows. Together, they bring out the depth and dimensionality of objects. People too. We’re more real when seen in both light and shadows. “All masterpieces,” Billy Graham observed (and that … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Broken Hearts Club

Posted on April 1, 2025 by mitchteemley

Image by Obsidian Planet My Real Memoir I’d done the right thing, right? Saying no to an affair with a blazing hot married woman had to be fairly high on the virtuosity scale. But I didn’t feel virtuous, I felt lonely. Ruby had … Continue reading →

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Love Is the Greatest Healer

Posted on March 29, 2025 by mitchteemley

“Love cures people. Both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.” ~Karl A. Menninger

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Are We Crossing the Line of Despair?

Posted on February 24, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week I believe our modern culture is taking the road followed by ancient Rome. One that embraced two continually escalating ideologies: pantheism (everything is divine) and paganism (design your own god). The merging of the two led to … Continue reading →

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The Storm Within

Posted on October 26, 2024 by mitchteemley

Source: Itartedesign “Love, real love, is the only cure for self-deception.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Dear Human Race…

Posted on September 18, 2024 by mitchteemley

I tried to find a more sophisticated way to put this. But sometimes, you know, childlike is best. Ψ

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23 Years Ago Today

Posted on September 11, 2024 by mitchteemley

It was the worst terrorist attack in American history, and as a result, people born after 9/11/2001 have lived their entire lives in the age of terrorism. But what does that actually mean? Remembrances of 9/11 receive less attention every … Continue reading →

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