“All our crises, blockages, petrification and helplessness point to one thing and one thing only: our terrifying inability to bear the truth about ourselves.” (roughly translated) Lavinia Bârlogeanu, Rătăciți in Labirint Unless you consciously and lavishly serve your brain frightening fare before sleep by watching “Psycho” or “The Shining” (or both, a perfectly designed combination for …
Estrangement – When Blood Is Not Thicker Than Water
“While many say that finding compassion for those who hurt them is one of the hardest things they’ve ever done, others discover that it’s freeing in ways they hadn’t imagined. It binds them to a common humanity where we are all in some measure flawed, torn, and hurt. And dying for understanding.” Joshua Coleman, Rules …
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Controlling Parents – Reclaiming Unconditional Love
“How we feel about our kids isn’t as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we treat them.” Alfie Kohn, Unconditional Parenting “I don’t have any regrets.” Some people make this remark, more often than not with an air of absolute certainty and self-sufficiency as if they belonged to …
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Divorce – When Your Body Holds the Truth
“Agency starts with what scientists call interoception, our awareness of our subtle sensory, body-based feelings: the greater the awareness, the greater our potential to control our lives.” The Body Keeps the Score, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk) Your divorce - nothing and nobody can fully prepare you for it. At first, the mere thought …
