Latest Reflections
Let’s Talk About Schemas
We’re back to Dan Robert’s Internal Family Systems meditation course on InsightTimer, still on Day 2. Remember in middle school or high school, back when there were art classes, learning how to dig...
This isn’t what I imagined
When I looked into the future, and saw myself acting as my mother's healthcare power of attorney, I imagined her lying in a coma in a hospital bed, me and her caregivers surrounding her, me relaying...
The First Two Months
On the drive to New Jersey, I listened to What Happened to You, by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD. Dr. Perry says that the first 2 months of a baby’s life are the most critical. If a baby...
Parts, part 2
Every morning I listened to the next lesson from Dan Roberts, taking extensive notes. Nuggets from Lesson 2 Babies have five core development needs: Love and a secure attachment. Safety and...
The Parts Inside
Because I was feeling unsettled from exploring family trauma, and because my therapist is of the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy branch of psychology, and because I wanted to know more about Internal...
Ho’oponopono
As I held my imaginary conversations with these ancestors—Emilie and Emil and Joseph—I got the same sense from each of them. Isolation. They shifted from being story fragments to wounded people,...
Got enough love?
When my husband died and other changes followed, The Love Bucket helped me figure out how to bring more love into my life. If you’d like an objective method to increase the level of love in your life, this guide is for you!
