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Love: The Fifth Dimension

Its 2 am on the end of the pier on Manhattan beach, waves calmly rolling past on either side. Princess turns to me and asks, “do you believe that we Continue Reading

Posted On : October 19, 2018 Published By : samkennedy09

Overcoming our Programming: Homeboy Industries

I wrote this piece on my return home from a service trip in LA with a group of high school students. The trip had focused on social justice, seeking to Continue Reading

Posted On : August 25, 2018 Published By : samkennedy09

A Primer on Attachment Style

To build on the notion of healing the inner-child, I want to write a little about attachment theory and the various challenges that this poses for individuals and for myself. Continue Reading

Posted On : July 22, 2018 Published By : samkennedy09

Towards a Method of Inquiry

After reviewing my blog, a friend suggested that she enjoyed the content but was confused as to my method of inquiry.  My response: that makes sense because I don’t know Continue Reading

Posted On : March 19, 2018 Published By : samkennedy09

Big Self? Escaping the win-lose trap

A quote by way of Intro: “Oh what a catastrophe, what a maiming of love when it was made a personal, merely personal feeling, taken away from the rising and Continue Reading

Posted On : March 14, 2018 Published By : samkennedy09

The Evolution of a Therapeutic Relationship

In my most recent therapy session, my therapist and I embarked on a new path together: utilizing our relationship as a vehicle for mutual vulnerability and transparency.  I know this Continue Reading

Posted On : March 5, 2018 Published By : samkennedy09

Teaching the Inner Child About Ego

I need to stop beginning my blog posts with the recurrent intro “recently”, but honestly, it is also telling.  Much of these posts grow forth from what I am finding Continue Reading

Posted On : February 26, 2018 Published By : samkennedy09

A New Paradigm: Pre-frontal Compassion over Control

I have recently made several big life changes, and I have been noticing how de-stabilizing it is to enter into the unknown.  Admittedly, when I first made the choices, I Continue Reading

Posted On : February 14, 2018 Published By : samkennedy09

The Western Mind Meets That Which It Doesn’t Understand

Recently, I have been thinking a lot about the opposition between western science and alternative spiritual practices — whether those be the various karmic realms of buddhism or the vibrational Continue Reading

Posted On : January 28, 2018 Published By : samkennedy09

Must we always strive for something more?

This isn’t a topic that is novel or groundbreaking, but recently I have been reflecting a lot on the ways in which our evolutionary programming creates challenges to our lives.  Continue Reading

Posted On : January 25, 2018 Published By : samkennedy09

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