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Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

Jennifer March 29, 2021

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Discover - in this phase, we discover the unhelpful patterns we are repeating in our life. It might be a repeating pattern of choosing avoidant partners, of having yet another narcissist in your life, or of having your reality denied. Heal - This is the phase where you take the time to get to the root of the issue, rather than just addressing the symptoms. You will ask, 'What part of me is attracted to an avoidant person?’ And ‘how can I attend to and heal that part of me to break this cycle?' Grow - As you heal, you start to change. You need new boundaries, new goals, and new ways of being in the world that are aligned with this new you. This phase is expansive and exciting, and sometimes a bit scary!

The Cycle Breakers’ Circle

Jennifer March 29, 2021

This is the cycle we all go through on any healing journey. We need to discover where we are stuck, what we have inherited from our parents and our childhood. Then we need to attend to and heal those wounded …

BLUE The Repeating Cycle of Attachment Wounding. 1. The child is raised by a mother with mental health issues. She is not attuned to the child and numbs her pain with drugs and alcohol 2. The child learns that she cannot rely on her mother for comfort; she learns to stay out of the way and starts to care for herself 3. She develops an 'avoidant' attachment style 4. As a mother, she finds intimacy difficult and pushes her child away 5. The child develops either an avoidant or anxious attachment style 6. And the cycle continues

What is a Cycle Breaker?

Jennifer March 29, 2021

We all have repeating patterns or ‘cycles’ in our family of origin. It might be repeating patterns of failed marriages, drug and alcohol problems, or family conflict. You become a cycle breaker when you first see the cycle and then …