“The partner of shame is disgust. Purity has no opposite. In purity, disgust and shame are one.” Shame Shame is a light emitted out of the intense pain of exposure. It’s not heavy, but hot and rapid, charged with unbearable…
“The partner of shame is disgust. Purity has no opposite. In purity, disgust and shame are one.” Shame Shame is a light emitted out of the intense pain of exposure. It’s not heavy, but hot and rapid, charged with unbearable…
“The partner of rejection is acceptance. Belonging has no opposite. In belonging, acceptance and rejection are one.” Rejection The pain of rejection can be so intense that we build fences of protection around ourselves to avoid feeling it. Rejection is…
“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.” Baruch Spinoza The partner of war is surrender. Peace has no opposite. In peace, surrender and war are one.…
Southern trees bear a strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Abel Meeropol (1939) As in horror we watch the digital broadcast…
Scientists Have Observed Epigenetic Memories Being Passed Down for 14 Generations Recent scientific findings on the power of inherited trauma to influence and literally form the intimate structures of our personalities is emerging as a game-breaker in both therapy and…
Research on survivors of the Holocaust shows how catastrophic events can alter our body chemistry, and how these changes can transmit to the next generation. The result? Our children may suffer the effects of a traumatic event they never witnessed.…
We might be programmed to believe that inside ourselves there’s a limited space, and outside of ourselves there is infinity, but is this really true? Can any ‘thing’ touched by our consciousness ever be ‘outside’ of consciousness? By allowing ourselves…
“Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.” Martha Beck Spinning on its orbit, suspended as a particle within the infinite ball of the universe, is our lonely planet. Here, humanity is moving in an energetic stratosphere…
The phrase – “The Good Red Road” is a term used by many different Native American tribal communities to represent one who is walking the road of balance, living right and following the rules of the Creator. The Good Red…
The quality of care has been confused with the demand that we ‘take care’ or be caring. Forcing care is not the care we are talking about here. So often care-taking is part of the negotiation that goes on in…