IV. We are shaped by the systems we live within.
We have the families that we have and we live in the society that we live in. And many of the ways that we behave in these families and...
IX. As tiny humans, we will give up almost any part of ourselves for love and belonging.
We, as small people, learn what it is to be a part of the family that we were born into. We don’t question their rightness or wrongness....
VIII. Families pass dysfunction and residual trauma down through the line.
We have the parents that we have. And their parents. And theirs. It matters deeply what happened to those people who came before us. We...
VII. We are shaped by the past more profoundly than we think.
I often find myself saying to people: “These are the actual details of your life. They are yours. Here they are. You must make some...
II. Bodies and feelings are central to healing. We aren’t alive without them.
We have forgotten how to feel deeply. And, it’s likely even worse than that, since it’s not just a matter of forgetting. We have created...