Chrysalis Journal Introduction to Volume 2, Issue 1 (2018) // by Roy Ringel, Editorial Collective Member

No matter how self-governing we believe we are, we remain slaves to the tyrannies of whatever remains unconscious within us; whatever we have refused to stand up to and face. So, the greatest problem we may confront is that who we have let ourselves become may now be our chief obstacle. Once we realize this, Read More …

Cursive Repurposed // by Steve Broidy

It’s not that my writing is fine; In fact, in bad lighting I can’t read it myself. But I always supposed that my grandchildren’s children, discovering my journal, and, of course, my old diary– slick, gold-leafed, rich as a relic itself— would conjure a view of that rascally genius, the writer they’d figure greatgrandpa must Read More …

One, a Tiger // by Cathleen Cohen

One in a wizard’s costume one, as a queen one, a tiger ……………….grandchildren race through the house, shrieking, tying us up in spells …………………………….with voices like high-pitched wind. Even the youngest, at two, is fierce, perhaps the fiercest. Grabbing my husband’s arm, she insists he hug her ………………at each pass she makes of the room. Read More …

The Plight of Two Frogs, a Folktale Adaptation // by Lyn Ford

The management and expression of and response to emotions impact all aspects of both intrapersonal and interpersonal relationship. The nurturing and modeling of effective emotional and behavioral responses can be shared through storytelling. As storytelling educators, we also become cheerleaders whose words and actions can make all the difference in the world: In an old Read More …

One and Many: Little Girls Speak Volumes // by Susan Shepler

Abstract The Ballerina concrete poem is archetypal, a symbol, one of a series of images. As I created the poems, sorting words like seeds to produce images, often with rhyme and meter, unconscious energy beyond the personal unconscious found a way into the process, and actually became the process. C. G. Jung refers to the Read More …

Especially If // by Sandra Kolankiewicz

I was tired of thinking about how ……..this never became that, why the only …………….word I could not describe as anything more than a noun, as if dictionaries ……..contradicted me, always different …………….from the subject or the object, lonely purpose of a preposition. Surprise, ……..since so often the world concentrates on …………….adverbs since everyone wants Read More …

A Real One Would Point Out // by Sandra Kolankiewicz

A real One would Point out I don’t Belong— neither Do you. We try, Admirable gestures From the Heart, for Staying a Part of Them is All, forget Separating ourselves, Impossible to Find righteous Men. We Know from History looking Back turns Us to Salt—as Well it Should, any Reproaching ourselves Pointless. Only The forgiving Read More …

The Benefits of Expressive Writing in Women’s Sacred Circles— A Counterpoise to Some of Today’s Greatest Challenges // by Jennifer A. Minotti

Abstract Research in the emergent field of expressive writing shows that writing our stories helps us to make sense of our lives. As we write, the brain’s neuroplasticity and circuitry change. As I have witnessed consistently in my Women’s Writing Circles, sharing our personal narratives with others in a safe circle, creates both individual healing, Read More …

Spontaneous Coaching: Accessing and Trusting Intuition to Help Your Clients // by Joanna Young

David comes to the door all smiles, water bottle and notebooks in hand. He has been writing all week and excited to share some of the experience with me: the a-ha! moments, the times the writing flowed, and when it didn’t. We have only an hour to meet, and these sessions, structured around David’s specified Read More …