Author Archives: Cynthia M Clingan

About Cynthia M Clingan

Cynthia Clingan is a licensed professional clinical counselor in Columbus, Ohio who offers somatic psychotherapy, spiritual coaching, and meditation and mindfulness instruction.

I Couldn’t See What I Couldn’t See

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Cynthia M Clingan

The journey goes to such unexpected places. Everything old is new again. Just like legwarmers – ugh. I have organically come around, again, to the idea of safety in the present moment. With new insight, and at a new depth. … Continue reading →

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Wishing you Depth for 2023

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Cynthia M Clingan

It’s been a strange couple of months, with much geysering of emotions, memories (my own, and pretty much everyone else, too, from what I’m hearing), and watching myself be in old patterns and feeling the intense frustration of it. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Waiting For My Real Life…

Posted on October 4, 2022 by Cynthia M Clingan

It sure does take awhile to shift to living from a life of surviving, pretending, and waiting for things to get better. When it’s finally time to land in the doing and living of life, it can suddenly feel pointless. … Continue reading →

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Learning to Walk Again

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Cynthia M Clingan

It’s quite a thing to try to relearn a whole way of being. To change from walking always focused outward, in anticipation of pain, and then intensely focused inward, reeling from every injury. It’s hard to change the patterns developed … Continue reading →

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Sweeping Habits

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Cynthia M Clingan

There is a black walnut tree that lives just over the edge of the property line, that makes quite a mess, nearly year round, dropping leaves and nuts and branches and bark. This would not be a real problem, but … Continue reading →

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Bloom

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Cynthia M Clingan

“What’s it like to bloom?” I asked Buttercup She stood silent radiant unapologetic Not trying to be Daffodil, or Dandelion No apparent wish to be Rose, or Daisy Not seeming worried about threats of future weather or careless feet I … Continue reading →

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Shift

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Cynthia M Clingan

There’s a place tight little hidden balled up somewhere That’s known terror degradation hunger loneliness That can’t deeply rest digest sleep play Watches the fight for power greedy growth ignoring the cries of Mother and each other and shakes at … Continue reading →

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Another Awakening

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Cynthia M Clingan

I was supposed to be at a training this past weekend. Saturday, Day 3, would have found me exhausted and dreading the final day, ending 4 days of work, late Sunday afternoon. Then I would go into a heavy work … Continue reading →

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New Old Wisdom

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Cynthia M Clingan

As I read Jamie Sams’ The Thirteen Original Clan Mothers, I feel a reverence for the journey I’m on. It’s deeply validating to see things I have felt from the beginning, echoed in these pages. The reverence for the interconnections … Continue reading →

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Welcoming a New Day, New Year, New Perspective

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Cynthia M Clingan

I’m looking out at the back yard. The fox was here this morning, looking as though he’d spent the night. Five deer. Squirrels running around. 23 degrees. Birds combing the frozen mud. Winter has arrived, just in time for the … Continue reading →

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