Rebecca S. Krantz

Thanks for your comments here and “offline,” folks, and to those of you who read without commenting! I will return now to my story of the healing shame process. The ultimate purpose of healing shame is not just to have more access to more of myself, but also to be better able to be in relationships […]

So before I continue my reflection on the healing shame process, I want to devote some attention to skepticism. My friend and regular blog reader Margaret’s comment on my last post is worthy of a reply. She says: “This sounds a lot like the scream therapy of old— hitting a pillow with anger/rage. How is

In a recent episode of On Being, Krista Tippett interviewed Ta-Nehisi Coates. The interview, like most of Tippett and Coates’ work, was incredibly informative, interesting, and moving. At one point Tippett asks Coates how he answers when white people ask “What do I do with my whiteness, the legacy of my whiteness?” In reply, he says: “Excuse my

A few months ago, Don and I decided to try to do an ‘at home retreat’ together, and set aside the weekend and half-week before Thanksgiving as the designated time. As the date drew near it became clear that there were a few things happening here in town that we wanted to be present for,

All Fall, in an unfamiliar space, striving for comfort with discomfort and subtly dreading change. Feeling only bitterness when her California people proclaim their love for snow. Gearing up. Girding. Cajoling and reassuring her inner part that contracts with the growing cold. Peering into wet grey skies with suspicion. She had forgotten the way it