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May 1, 2020Liked by Courtney Martin

Selena, your comments are not only useful, they flow like poetry, like it’s part of your DNA since your infancy, as I know it is. Thank you for the very useful, concrete suggestions. And thank you for teaching by sharing your insides. Your heart and your brain dance so well together.

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May 1, 2020Liked by Courtney Martin

Beautiful, Selena. It was so great to see your name on my e-mail. Let’s be in touch. Love to you,S

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May 1, 2020Liked by Courtney Martin

Dear Selena, I miss you and your wisdom and love.

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May 1, 2020Liked by Courtney Martin

Selena, these are some of the warmest, wisest, most deeply human where-the-rubber-meets-the-road words that I have heard . And I am 65.

All Love Surround You....

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May 1, 2020Liked by Courtney Martin

So beautifully loving and wise, my heart feels fuller and held from reading this. Thank you for sharing your own process through this time and that of your friends Courtney.

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Courtney, your writings have really helped me through this time. Thank you for introducing me to Selena. Her wisdom is palpable and yes we do need someone like her in the White House.

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May 1, 2020Liked by Courtney Martin

Reading this makes me feel seen, loved and supported, and is teaching me as I sit with it. I am grateful.

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May 1, 2020Liked by Courtney Martin

I love this so much. Muchas gracias Selena and Courtney

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Every word of this was balm to my soul. Thank you both so very much for being a bright light in my day. I'll return to these words often, and share them.

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Wow. Thank you. Sharing it with all my people.

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Selena, this is a beautiful gift. As a fellow mental health worker I applaud your wise words. I don’t know if you remember Brad or I from Ottawa University Days (Brad and Rita Berglund) but I have many fond memories of you including a spring break trip in the back of my cousin Bruce’s pickup going down to New Orleans. Would love to reconnect if you are interested! Www.ritaberglund.com

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Selena, you continue to be an inspiration for so many. Your words are magically transformed into my being as a source of wisdom and solace..... 14 years ago you helped me set up my life in Guatemala so as to foster my daughter. I am eternally grateful for you.

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It's as if every word read here was meant for me. Self care and self forgiveness are two traits I have recently began to accept i need. My post trauma mind and heart will be reading these words often. My dear friend Claudia shared this with me and the more I read ,I realized she is my Selena:)

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Wonderful, I enjoyed this so much, very accessible wisdom from you, Selena, my dear friend and godmother to my daughter Betsy. I love how you have integrated and shared paths of conscious living, illuminated with your personal wisdom and self discoveries. The world is a better place with you in it, connecting, sharing, and manifesting your love for humanity. Thank you, Courtney, for bringing this dialogue to light, what a gift. And I appreciate your sharing your experience with Selena, as I could relate, she really does tune in to us and that is both nurturing and healing in and of itself. Real attention is love shared. Perhaps now in May 2020 there is a powerful connection of the heart that we can all join. Yes, I think it's true. - Cynth

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I have loved ones far away also, separated by distances both physical and cultural. I am often wondering how to leave reminders that the rope is never broken. Thank you for sharing your wise and tender words. I connected with them immensely.

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Thank you Selena for opening your heart and thank you Courtney for putting Selena's heart driven messages out there in the world for all to benefit from. After a long hard day of Covid response in the hospital, reading this is food for my soul. Blessings to you and thank you.

Kathy

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