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Democracy as an Internal State of Affairs

Consider democracy, bear with me here, as an internal process as well as an external one — with the varying aspects of ourselves seeking…

13 min readSep 29, 2023

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Carol Smaldino

Passover as an Inner Exodus

For over forty years, not in the desert per se, our family and some friends have done a kind of Seder, an alternative one in many ways.

5 min readApr 22, 2024

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Carol Smaldino

Could Trump be Bullying his Followers?

I have a friend who was pondering my suggestion that when there is “the bully and the brain freeze,” there can be the threat of harming…

6 min readMar 31, 2024

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Carol Smaldino

The Bully and the Brain Freeze: Trump’s Basic Insult

Have you ever met a very smart person, perhaps even a brilliant one, who believes his/her/their lover or partner even when accusations…

5 min readMar 20, 2024

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Carol Smaldino

When Can you let People get away with Bullshit?

Well, let’s say that technically, according to the judgment of courts and the rule of law, Donald Trump did not win the 2020 Election…

4 min readJan 24, 2024

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Carol Smaldino

Trump and the “C” word. No, not that one.

As part of the preface of this short piece, I’d like to suggest that grandiosity ALWAYS covers insecurity, no matter how cool and smart it…

5 min readJan 17, 2024

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Carol Smaldino

Making the Space for Sadness in the New Year

This isn’t a resolution, but rather a thread. It’s a sense of importance, one that isn’t delegated to the New Year alone, but perhaps it…

6 min readDec 29, 2023

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Carol Smaldino

As a Jewish Liberal, Processing Feelings about Israel

My friend Rachel, a New Yorker who transplanted to Israel many years ago, wrote to me yesterday. She wrote this time, telling me it must be…

6 min readNov 28, 2023

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Carol Smaldino

Talking about a Revolution: Interrupting The Triumph of Religion; On Carl Jung, The Shadow and…

(In the context of recent events in Israel and pressures at home reflecting strong adversarial reactions, I as a secular Jew prone to my…

10 min readNov 10, 2023

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Carol Smaldino

On the Trauma-Driven Response to Israel

Trauma, I have come to learn, can be with a small “t” or a big one. It comes to mean, ultimately, a response of losing connection with…

7 min readOct 22, 2023

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Carol Smaldino

Carol Smaldino

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A psychotherapist, a New Yorker living between Colorado and Italy (in good times) I am passionate about the role of emotions and awareness for evolving,sanity

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