by Jack Adam Weber | Oct 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
We don’t “transform” emotional pain. Rather, we are transformed “by” it. It’s not a mechanical process; it’s an alchemical one that begins with receiving that pain. Believing that we transform emotional pain is a patriarchal, fix-it paradigm....
by Jack Adam Weber | Sep 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
There are needs . . . and there is neediness. Everyone needs connection with others. But when unmet childhood needs spill into adult relating, neediness arises. It has a different flavor than adult need fulfillment. To me it feels like excessive clinginess to the...
by Jack Adam Weber | Sep 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
There are many reasons for feeling tired. It doesn’t necessarily mean something is wrong with you. Mainstream culture says we should be energetic all the time. And happy. But that’s an ironically impoverished prescription that misses so much about the life of the...
by Jack Adam Weber | Aug 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
One of the pitfalls with “oneness” or that “we are all one” is that we forget about and ignore our differences and boundaries. This black or white perspective is an unskillful way to love. For maximal oneness and wellness, I propose we both...
by Jack Adam Weber | Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Here’s the thing about inner work: in order to heal, you have to be brutally honest with yourself. You have to follow the subtle cues of your body. You have to decipher what lies within and behind sensations. You have to notice the whispers. You have to acknowledge...
by Jack Adam Weber | Nov 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
I have come to understand grief through the metaphor of water and the well. Current events can catalyze fresh new grief, as well as unresolved grief, what we carry in a deeper reservoir of sadness. This means that today we may be grieving not only for the present but...
