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Bookends- The Energy That Holds & Connects.
For the past two years I've been on a solo quest in my RV, exploring the outworld of the southwest and my inner world this second half of...

Jody Grose
Nov 28, 20215 min read
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Jody Grose
Jul 30, 20210 min read
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2 Workshop Offerings
Father & Daughter Retreat Weekend Come expand and deepen your relationship! For Daughters ages 7-16 Aug. 21-22 Held on a private Island ...

Jody Grose
Jul 16, 20211 min read
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Summer Offerings
I have flown East to live on my Island Retreat Center for the summer. I am excited to be offering two programs in over two years!...

Jody Grose
Jun 28, 20212 min read
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Deconstructing-Love, Sex, and Intimacy
As a student of life, I consider myself a novice when it comes to truly understanding the complexity of this topic, the scope of which...

Jody Grose
Mar 16, 20216 min read
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Search For Meaning
Since Socrates’ inscription on the Apollo at Delphi: Know Thyself, man’s search for meaning has been explored, pondarded, and all too...

Jody Grose
Feb 14, 20214 min read
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2021-Shifting from Thinking Things are either Good or Bad to "Maybe."
This transition between years provides us with the perfect opportunity to reflect on the past year. Obviously, 2020 has had a wide...

Jody Grose
Dec 31, 20203 min read
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Our Collective Initiation
As I sit while this historic election approaches in just a few hours, I am moved by the magnitude of this event. I notice the fear in...

Jody Grose
Nov 3, 20202 min read
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Communication: Part II The Power of Language
John Kennedy inspired a nation with his declaration that the USA would land a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Martin Luther...

Jody Grose
Nov 1, 20204 min read
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Values vs Facts The Great Divide
I was inspired to write this from the increasingly polarizing political banter that left me feeling frustrated and ineffective in...

Jody Grose
Oct 15, 20203 min read
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Men's Work and Social Justice
Does Men's Work and Social Justice interface? With the streets around the world lined with protesters, following the George Floyd...

Jody Grose
Jul 23, 20204 min read
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Awareness and reflection in this liminal time.
Any change requires reassessment, and the accompanying internal reactions. How will you use this experience to create an empowered future?

Jody Grose
Apr 19, 20203 min read
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Coronavirus and Fear: How do you process Fear?
"Every turning point, brings us to a conscious decent to face our fear." Michale Meade My Process- Stage one- Early on as the virus was...

Jody Grose
Mar 18, 20203 min read
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The Gift of Presence
Being truly present in any moment is a most authentic experience, yet our thoughts are often consumed with past and future memories or...

Jody Grose
Mar 8, 20201 min read
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Belonging & Connection
This is being re-publishing through my new web-site. First published January'19 via email. This begins the first of a monthly Return to...

Jody Grose
Mar 4, 20203 min read
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Lessons from grief
Last October, 26th, my younger sister Barb died, and this past January 11th my brother Richard and sister Deborah and I held a gathering...

Jody Grose
Feb 19, 20203 min read
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Relationship- Seeking the Magical Other, while avoiding Self- Betrayal.
Disclaimer- I am not an expert on relationship, but rather a novice seeking to understand the complexity of long term relationships....

Jody Grose
Jan 20, 20203 min read
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Always Home
I am a man who values roots and community. I am now challenged to look outside the self-imposed box I have lived in for most of my life....

Jody Grose
Dec 31, 20192 min read
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Freedom is a Choice
As I work on creating my dream of going on an extended adventure in an RV, I often hear people say to me, ‘You are so lucky.” This was a...

Jody Grose
Nov 8, 20193 min read
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Making peace with the Mystery- Lessons from Surgery
Life Is A Mystery

Jody Grose
Oct 16, 20193 min read
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