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We have been unschooling for 3-4 weeks now. I am still working on
letting go of my anxiety around it. When ever family members, etc. ask
what I am teaching the kids, is it working and so on this irks/stresses
me. My 14 year old son with dyslexia and mood disorder is calming down a
bit. He came to me and told me he wants to learn more about our town
history but doesn't want to talk to any one but me - he doesn't want to
go to any historical meetings, etc. Really both of the boys are sitting
around doing what ever they feel like doing. The younger of the two is
always making something as a project. The older of the two has been so
traumatized by "school" that I am happy he even asked to learn anything.
There is an old sign painted on the back of an old building in our town.
It is the last sign/advertisement on any building in our town. The other
buildings were all washed away during a flood. I asked him if he wanted
to go take a picture of the advertisement and explained to him that was
how it used to be done. He looked at me like I was an alien so I guessed
that was a no. :)
Really when I stop and think of it I have been thinking "outside the
box" fairly often. I was sexually abused by 5 family members for 17
years which included 3 pregnancies at 9, 10, and 15. Society wasn't
ready to hear about that when I was ready to deal with it. I became very
strong - some would say a "b" word and made it through the years of
healing by allowing myself what I needed to heal. Some of that was
spiritual/seeing, feeling, etc. of spirit. During that time I let this
part go for the most part because I feared being labeled as a lunatic.
After 4 years of post-traumatic memories, etc. I began my own group, put
together conferences and was the editor/publisher of a newsletter for 6
years for incest survivors. I won 7 awards. I was able to concentrate on
helping those who wanted help instead of those who said no one ever gets
molested. The laughable statistic at the time was 1 in a million people
get molested. I know it's half. I also know the national birth
statistics start at 10. Public school books say puberty can start at 8.
A huge survery in Africa stated puberty starts at 7 for some. Anyway, I
was able to work through some extremely terrifying times by thinking
outside the box.
I now have gone back to my spirituality in a big way. I have been
working with Reiki - spiritually guided life force energy - for 5 years.
I mostly send it at a distance although I give hands on healings, too. I
attend a spiritualist church and give healings and psychic readings
there as well as over the internet for free. I rarely charge any money.
This brings me to my 14 year old. He is very empathic/psychic. He sees
and hears spirit. I have never told my 6 kids they can't see, feel,
hear, etc. what they have told me they are seeing, etc. Since my first
child was young enough to talk she told me she talked to and saw spirit.
We have had some interesting experiences. I think bipolar is living half
in earth energy and half in spiritual energy. I suppose that is
unscientific. My life has been an unschooling experience in many ways. I
have passed this along to my kids unexpectedly. Michele
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letting go of my anxiety around it. When ever family members, etc. ask
what I am teaching the kids, is it working and so on this irks/stresses
me. My 14 year old son with dyslexia and mood disorder is calming down a
bit. He came to me and told me he wants to learn more about our town
history but doesn't want to talk to any one but me - he doesn't want to
go to any historical meetings, etc. Really both of the boys are sitting
around doing what ever they feel like doing. The younger of the two is
always making something as a project. The older of the two has been so
traumatized by "school" that I am happy he even asked to learn anything.
There is an old sign painted on the back of an old building in our town.
It is the last sign/advertisement on any building in our town. The other
buildings were all washed away during a flood. I asked him if he wanted
to go take a picture of the advertisement and explained to him that was
how it used to be done. He looked at me like I was an alien so I guessed
that was a no. :)
Really when I stop and think of it I have been thinking "outside the
box" fairly often. I was sexually abused by 5 family members for 17
years which included 3 pregnancies at 9, 10, and 15. Society wasn't
ready to hear about that when I was ready to deal with it. I became very
strong - some would say a "b" word and made it through the years of
healing by allowing myself what I needed to heal. Some of that was
spiritual/seeing, feeling, etc. of spirit. During that time I let this
part go for the most part because I feared being labeled as a lunatic.
After 4 years of post-traumatic memories, etc. I began my own group, put
together conferences and was the editor/publisher of a newsletter for 6
years for incest survivors. I won 7 awards. I was able to concentrate on
helping those who wanted help instead of those who said no one ever gets
molested. The laughable statistic at the time was 1 in a million people
get molested. I know it's half. I also know the national birth
statistics start at 10. Public school books say puberty can start at 8.
A huge survery in Africa stated puberty starts at 7 for some. Anyway, I
was able to work through some extremely terrifying times by thinking
outside the box.
I now have gone back to my spirituality in a big way. I have been
working with Reiki - spiritually guided life force energy - for 5 years.
I mostly send it at a distance although I give hands on healings, too. I
attend a spiritualist church and give healings and psychic readings
there as well as over the internet for free. I rarely charge any money.
This brings me to my 14 year old. He is very empathic/psychic. He sees
and hears spirit. I have never told my 6 kids they can't see, feel,
hear, etc. what they have told me they are seeing, etc. Since my first
child was young enough to talk she told me she talked to and saw spirit.
We have had some interesting experiences. I think bipolar is living half
in earth energy and half in spiritual energy. I suppose that is
unscientific. My life has been an unschooling experience in many ways. I
have passed this along to my kids unexpectedly. Michele
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Kelli Traaseth
Wow Michele,
You've been through alot, and it sounds like you are doing so well! I often think alot about the things you touched on in your message... the bipolar part especially. Noone will talk about these things, and then when they do it seems like they medicate the person, I wish I knew more about this. I know of someone now that just told me her son and daughter see visions and I was flabbergasted (sp?) I guess I have never known anyone personally.. .
Its very sad that these people can't talk about it, maybe if society was more open to these kind-of ideas we would learn more about it. And maybe there is alot known about it and I'm just uneducated on it<g>,,,,,anyway, Michele you get a huge "Good Job!" on your healing from me; and also in listening to your children, hope I can be as open minded and loving with mine!
Take Care,
Kelli
michele-nappi@... wrote:We have been unschooling for 3-4 weeks now. I am still working on
letting go of my anxiety around it. When ever family members, etc. ask
what I am teaching the kids, is it working and so on this irks/stresses
me. My 14 year old son with dyslexia and mood disorder is calming down a
bit. He came to me and told me he wants to learn more about our town
history but doesn't want to talk to any one but me - he doesn't want to
go to any historical meetings, etc. Really both of the boys are sitting
around doing what ever they feel like doing. The younger of the two is
always making something as a project. The older of the two has been so
traumatized by "school" that I am happy he even asked to learn anything.
There is an old sign painted on the back of an old building in our town.
It is the last sign/advertisement on any building in our town. The other
buildings were all washed away during a flood. I asked him if he wanted
to go take a picture of the advertisement and explained to him that was
how it used to be done. He looked at me like I was an alien so I guessed
that was a no. :)
Really when I stop and think of it I have been thinking "outside the
box" fairly often. I was sexually abused by 5 family members for 17
years which included 3 pregnancies at 9, 10, and 15. Society wasn't
ready to hear about that when I was ready to deal with it. I became very
strong - some would say a "b" word and made it through the years of
healing by allowing myself what I needed to heal. Some of that was
spiritual/seeing, feeling, etc. of spirit. During that time I let this
part go for the most part because I feared being labeled as a lunatic.
After 4 years of post-traumatic memories, etc. I began my own group, put
together conferences and was the editor/publisher of a newsletter for 6
years for incest survivors. I won 7 awards. I was able to concentrate on
helping those who wanted help instead of those who said no one ever gets
molested. The laughable statistic at the time was 1 in a million people
get molested. I know it's half. I also know the national birth
statistics start at 10. Public school books say puberty can start at 8.
A huge survery in Africa stated puberty starts at 7 for some. Anyway, I
was able to work through some extremely terrifying times by thinking
outside the box.
I now have gone back to my spirituality in a big way. I have been
working with Reiki - spiritually guided life force energy - for 5 years.
I mostly send it at a distance although I give hands on healings, too. I
attend a spiritualist church and give healings and psychic readings
there as well as over the internet for free. I rarely charge any money.
This brings me to my 14 year old. He is very empathic/psychic. He sees
and hears spirit. I have never told my 6 kids they can't see, feel,
hear, etc. what they have told me they are seeing, etc. Since my first
child was young enough to talk she told me she talked to and saw spirit.
We have had some interesting experiences. I think bipolar is living half
in earth energy and half in spiritual energy. I suppose that is
unscientific. My life has been an unschooling experience in many ways. I
have passed this along to my kids unexpectedly. Michele
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You've been through alot, and it sounds like you are doing so well! I often think alot about the things you touched on in your message... the bipolar part especially. Noone will talk about these things, and then when they do it seems like they medicate the person, I wish I knew more about this. I know of someone now that just told me her son and daughter see visions and I was flabbergasted (sp?) I guess I have never known anyone personally.. .
Its very sad that these people can't talk about it, maybe if society was more open to these kind-of ideas we would learn more about it. And maybe there is alot known about it and I'm just uneducated on it<g>,,,,,anyway, Michele you get a huge "Good Job!" on your healing from me; and also in listening to your children, hope I can be as open minded and loving with mine!
Take Care,
Kelli
michele-nappi@... wrote:We have been unschooling for 3-4 weeks now. I am still working on
letting go of my anxiety around it. When ever family members, etc. ask
what I am teaching the kids, is it working and so on this irks/stresses
me. My 14 year old son with dyslexia and mood disorder is calming down a
bit. He came to me and told me he wants to learn more about our town
history but doesn't want to talk to any one but me - he doesn't want to
go to any historical meetings, etc. Really both of the boys are sitting
around doing what ever they feel like doing. The younger of the two is
always making something as a project. The older of the two has been so
traumatized by "school" that I am happy he even asked to learn anything.
There is an old sign painted on the back of an old building in our town.
It is the last sign/advertisement on any building in our town. The other
buildings were all washed away during a flood. I asked him if he wanted
to go take a picture of the advertisement and explained to him that was
how it used to be done. He looked at me like I was an alien so I guessed
that was a no. :)
Really when I stop and think of it I have been thinking "outside the
box" fairly often. I was sexually abused by 5 family members for 17
years which included 3 pregnancies at 9, 10, and 15. Society wasn't
ready to hear about that when I was ready to deal with it. I became very
strong - some would say a "b" word and made it through the years of
healing by allowing myself what I needed to heal. Some of that was
spiritual/seeing, feeling, etc. of spirit. During that time I let this
part go for the most part because I feared being labeled as a lunatic.
After 4 years of post-traumatic memories, etc. I began my own group, put
together conferences and was the editor/publisher of a newsletter for 6
years for incest survivors. I won 7 awards. I was able to concentrate on
helping those who wanted help instead of those who said no one ever gets
molested. The laughable statistic at the time was 1 in a million people
get molested. I know it's half. I also know the national birth
statistics start at 10. Public school books say puberty can start at 8.
A huge survery in Africa stated puberty starts at 7 for some. Anyway, I
was able to work through some extremely terrifying times by thinking
outside the box.
I now have gone back to my spirituality in a big way. I have been
working with Reiki - spiritually guided life force energy - for 5 years.
I mostly send it at a distance although I give hands on healings, too. I
attend a spiritualist church and give healings and psychic readings
there as well as over the internet for free. I rarely charge any money.
This brings me to my 14 year old. He is very empathic/psychic. He sees
and hears spirit. I have never told my 6 kids they can't see, feel,
hear, etc. what they have told me they are seeing, etc. Since my first
child was young enough to talk she told me she talked to and saw spirit.
We have had some interesting experiences. I think bipolar is living half
in earth energy and half in spiritual energy. I suppose that is
unscientific. My life has been an unschooling experience in many ways. I
have passed this along to my kids unexpectedly. Michele
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