Author Archives: Dr. Jenni

You cannot imagine how time can be so still.

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Dr. Jenni

In truth, it is like this: You cannot imagine… how time can be so still. It hangs. It weighs. And yet there is so little of it. It goes so slowly. And yet it is so scarce. (From the play … Continue reading →

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Who is Santa Claus? Are Unicorns real? Is there really a Puff the Magic Dragon?

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

Although I am Jewish, my kids believe in Santa Claus (well – sort of). My four- year old believes in Unicorns (although she says if Santa doesn’t bring her one then he is NOT real.)  My six year old asked … Continue reading →

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In what way do you need to be renewed?

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

12/18/10 In my novel, The Gossamer Thread the character Feather feels incredibly sad and despondent about what is happening on planet Earth. Initially, she lands in Auschwitz into the hands of a rabbi that is about to be executed. After … Continue reading →

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Feather does not judge, she listens…

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

The character Feather in my novel The Gossamer Thread materializes for those who desperately need her.  She does not judge based on religion.  If a person is in need she hears their prayers and appears to help them. Her mother, … Continue reading →

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With what or whom did you connect today?

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

With what or with whom did you connect today? Was it your child? Your mother? Your friend? Your wife? Your husband? Your pet? Was it a tree? A flower? A bug? A bird? Was it a computer screen? A Blackberry? … Continue reading →

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Listen to the African Cottonseed

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

Many years ago I wrote a paper for my Ph.D. program entitled, Tales of An African Cottonseed, narrated by a Cottonseed who is born in an African cotton field. The cottonseed is picked, cleaned, dyed, whitened, spun into threads and … Continue reading →

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Dr. Jenni’s novel “The Gossamer Thread” Links the Earthly Realm to the Spiritual.

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

In my novel, The Gossamer Thread, the anthropomorphic character Feather becomes the magical element, the divine component, the depth psychologist linking the earthly realm to the spiritual, the secular to the godly. Through her journey and poetic voice, I am … Continue reading →

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Psychologists Can Awaken Our Souls…

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

A client who came to me with symptoms of anxiety or depression was not just a “label” in the DSMIV, but a spiritual being disconnected from her true purpose or calling. Digging deeper, beyond the surface and into the world … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the novel The Gossamer Thread’s first blog!

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Dr. Jenni

Ever since I was a little girl, I have always been drawn to the fantastical, the magical, the divine, the inexplicable — “the depths.” Staring at the pollen in a flower’s center, I never just saw pollen — I beheld … Continue reading →

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