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Peel back the mysteries of childhood
By Jerry Waxler, jerry@jerrywaxler.com Watching my nephew put a coat on his two-year-old daughter got me thinking about the parts of childhood most of us forget. She was on the floor flailing and screaming. Sensing my curiosity, my nephew looked up at me and said, “She’s screaming as if she’s being murdered.” It was true. She appeared to be in real emotional distress. At first I thought it was cute and interesting, a temporary inconvenience. I figured she would outgrow it. We all do, right? But as I grew into my role as a therapist, I noticed many clients seemed…
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Jerry Waxler is a memoir author, educator, and coach who believes that everyone has a story worth telling.
Through decades of writing, teaching, and guiding others, he’s become a passionate advocate for the healing, creative, and connective power of memoir.
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