Corey Jones Blog

 Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”  ― Audre Lorde A week ago, I was still really struggling and sad about The Pulse Shooting.  Ok, so I'm still struggling and sad about it but I was much more so that day.  I decided to do a […]

The point of DBT is not to be perfect. The point of DBT is not to never feel pain. I am grieving.   The best way to feel better when something tragic has happened is to allow yourself to go through the grief. Ignore the grief and it will gradually catch up with you. I […]

Return to the Lord your God, for [S]he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and [S]he relents from doing harm.  Joel 2:13 Speakeasy sent me the book, Unchurching: Christianity Without Churchianity by Richard Jacobson.  Here is my review:   If I could sum up this book in one word, it would be, […]

Moreover, the Kingdom is not somewhere else, rather it is among you, inside you, and outside you.  Neither is it some time in the future, for it is here, spread out on the earth; people just do not see it. ~ Marcus Borg I pass as straight most of the time and so I have a […]

Take your everyday, ordinary life - your sleeping, eating, going to work, and walking around life - and place it before God as an offering. (The Message Bible 331) In week 2, we looked at the model for describing emotions. We all have preexisting vulnerabilities (triggers).  Almost immediately, we interpret the event.  This is where […]

Last night I did a presentation for a bunch of parents at a NAMI Family to Family class.  It was a great experience - I really love talking to parents.  Here is what I wrote on Facebook about it:   Wonderful time sharing my story tonight.  However, my biggest wish for NAMI is to stop being […]

Here are today's reflections based on chapter 13 of Tobit. Tobit 13:6b See the wonders God has worked for you, and thank God at the top of your lungs. This song of praise reminds me of my gratitude practice and why it is so important to always be grateful for something.  It is called practice […]

Tobit 8:16b You have shown your infinite compassion and dispelled our worst fears. I've started reading my Bible semi-regularly again.  The version I am reading is The Inclusive Bible by Priests for Equality, which includes the Apocrypha.  I've been posting my thoughts in my Facebook group, Feminist Bible Explorers, which you are all invited to join.  I've […]

Our feelings are not there to be cast out or conquered. They’re there to be engaged and expressed with imagination and intelligence.” ― T.K. Coleman, Freedom Without Permission: How to Live Free in a World That Isn't Last week in DBT we were asked to go through a worksheet full of emotion myths and to write down ways of […]

I am the only Guinea pig I have. ~ R. Buckminster Fuller Here is my latest roundup of Facebook writings: Periodically, I try getting off my meds and always get back on and at this point, that's actually good, I think.  I'm very self-aware and am determined to never be hospitalized again.  So as long as […]