Assisting at the training was a corrective ‘family’ experience for me. In the group format, I saw people be heard, held, and accepted. I saw people feel safe enough to be deeply vulnerable. This is where the healing happens—so much …
Only 24 Hours to Connect – What Do We Do?
I’ll be apart from my husband for 29 days in November. I’m taking a retreat to India, and he will visit family in the USA. We have one day to connect between flights in the middle of November. I had …
Corrective Experiences
As a therapist, I know about the importance of corrective experiences. They help create a different template of how we are treated and what that feels like. Staying with corrective experiences and leaning into them is a big part of …
A Gift for Your Child
A redo sounds like: “That came out way too harsh. Can I say it again in a kinder voice?” This teaches your child a few things:
“If Your Compassion Does Not Include Yourself, It Is Incomplete.” Jack Kornfield
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” | Jack Kornfield
Uncommon Advice
When you pursue yourself, different doors open to you. New possibilities emerge because your model of yourself, others and the world starts to change.
Dissociation and Ego States
Ego states theory says that we have many parts of ourselves with different desires and agendas. When we grow up in relative safety, the various parts of ourselves have thinner walls around them that allow the different parts to communicate. …
Journal prompts for Self-AwarenessJournal Prompts
Self-awareness is about getting to know yourself in an open, non-judgemental way. Most of us fall down right here. We might be self-aware, but we are incredibly judgemental in the process. The trick with self-awareness is to enter any self-examination …