We all come into this world helpless, unable to control much, and so reliant on others to survive….but with an unconscious trust and desire for those needs to be met. We cried when we needed to, we ate, we reached out for touch, to be held. And when life has brought us to our knees, when difficulty persists and we have no idea what the future holds, a simple question can get us through:
What would a baby need right now?
Carl Jung’s naming of the “shadow” and how to actually do the work, the internet rediscovers Tracy Chapman at the Grammys but it’s her mind-blowing 1988 performance that’ll change you, writing prompts for the crescent moon, and more about Internal Family Systems, or "IFS": a therapeutic modality that you might not know about but definitely should.
I recently made a post about a subject I find fascinating - inherited family trauma and how it might be affecting our lives today. There's evidence to show that we can inherit and carry reactive behaviors and mannerisms for at least three but possibly up to SEVENTEEN generations back. The response was wildly divisive.
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