Tag: adolescence

• Can I Get an Amen for Making Amends?

  

  I dreamed of a love I thought I had forgotten. He showed me his open hands and I fell into his arms. Like water without a pot, I could not be contained. When we started walking backwards, it seemed like a fun kind of game at first, a new perspective on the shape of things…

  Marlene Kelly

  August 29, 2013

  Dreams, Relationships

  adolescence, alcoholism, amends, dreams, first heartbreak, first love, forgiveness, love, making amends, marlene kelly, relationships, young adulthood

• Who Should I Compare You To?

  Sizing up the competition is a well-known concept used to determine your opponent’s strengths and weaknesses so you can win. It’s a never-ending cycle of getting the upper hand. If someone’s on top, somebody else is on the bottom and everything revolves around making sure you’re on top. It’s a principle based on a belief…

  Marlene Kelly

  September 7, 2011

  Personal Development

  adolescence, Arthur Fonzerelli, best friends, comparing yourself to others, comparison, competition, cool factor, drug addiction, enough, Fonzie, lack, loss, love, marlene kelly, Richie Cunningham, self worth, self-acceptance

• Don’t Say a Prayer for Me Now, Save It ‘Til the Morning After You Read This

  Day 14: #Trust30 Project This is the first summer since I was twelve years old that I haven’t worked. When I think back on that particular summer, I remember being so sick and moonfaced from the prednisone prescribed to me while I was hospitalized to control my Crohn’s Disease, I wasn’t able to play softball even…

  Marlene Kelly

  August 9, 2011

  Books I love, Personal Development

  #trust30, adolescence, adolescent, author, Books I love, childhood, Crohn’s Disease, duran duran, escape, Judy Blume, library, literature, marlene kelly, reading, summer, vacation, write, writer

• Visualize the Impossible

  If you’ve ever been to a psychologist’s office or read a self-help book, you’ve probably come across the concept of visualization as a technique for creating change in your life. In the sixth grade, I was very ill. I spent a lot of time in and out of the different hospitals and various doctors’ offices…

  Marlene Kelly

  October 19, 2010

  Intuition, Personal Development, Self Growth, Spirituality

  adolescence, anxiety, bespoken, Catholic, Crohn’s Disease, devil, duran duran, God, godzilla, grandmother, IBD, imagination, impossible dream lyrics, inflammation, Joe Darion, man of la mancha, marlene kelly, meditation, messages from the deceased, Mitch Leigh, original sin, possibility, possible, psychology, relaxation, school counselor, self-help, self-hypnosis, separation of church and state, unreachable star, visualization, visualize