Life is messy.  It has always been messy.  Life is full of loose ends, uncertainty, confusion, and frustration.  Yet nothing is wasted or random or pointless.  Everything that happens is nourishing compost for our spiritual and emotional growth. It is in the midst of the messiness of life that we often find meaning or, sometimes, that meaning finds us.

Episode 212: Meaning

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In this episode, Jackie and Rachel continue their series on intimacy.

Episode 273: Intimacy and Attachment

In this episode, Jackie talks about what has been occupying her attention lately and the lyrics of the George Michael song Freedom.

Episode 272: George Michael and Freedom!

In this episode Jackie talks about compartmentalization and how it can be both an effective coping mechanism and can also become problematic.

Episode 271: Compartmentalization

In this episode, Jackie and Rachel continue their series of episodes focused on intimacy.  In this episode, we talk about how certainty and predictability are barriers to intimacy.

Episode 270: Certainty and Intimacy

In this episode, Jackie and Rachel discuss disordered intimacy.

Episode 212: Meaning

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