by Jack Adam Weber | Oct 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Detachment and ascendent spirituality believe we can liberate ourselves in the present by detaching from and rising above difficulty. This is transcendence. In contrast, body-centered emotional work embraces and works through difficulty to come out the other side,...
by Jack Adam Weber | Jul 6, 2026 | Featured
The trauma experts don’t have the last word on everything. In fact, I find gaping holes in their teachings. They are not the experts on everything that they purport themselves to be. I think it’s in good part a racket, honestly. And they seem to capitalize...
by Jack Adam Weber | Jan 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
As children, many of us were shamed or condemned for being wrong or not knowing. With that shame, a wound forms, usually a core wound. As adults, we carry that shame when we are wrong. If we are afraid to feel that shame, we may try to never be wrong. More often, we...
by Jack Adam Weber | Dec 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Honesty is a muscle we have to exercise, or we lose it. It takes work to be honest because many factors work against honesty as a default response. Being honest especially requires emotional resilience, because what’s true is often not easy to stomach. In this...
by Jack Adam Weber | Oct 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Each morning I practice tai chi chuan (“tai chi” exercise), I first engage some qi gong warm-ups. Then, before practice, I do the salutation to the form. The salutation itself is beautiful and meaningful, as one fist joins an open palm (Yang within Yin) and they...
