If you hide your light to avoid being rejected,if you avoid conflict out of fear of abandonment,if vulnerability feels dangerous,that is not connection:it is survival. And when, in the relationship, you have to be the guide, the therapist, the emotional mother or father,that dynamic no longer feels like a relationship between peers. When one individual… Continue reading From Relational Survival to Shared Presence
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When the wound is transmuted into a standard
Musings on conscious relationships. Take what resonates. Let go of the rest. I share what I’ve seen and experienced in my relationships: family, friendships, professional, and romantic.In my romantic relationships, I found my deepest distortions.There, my greatest opportunity for deconditioning. These experiences were alchemy for breaking through illusions and starting releasing patterns. A continuous refinement.… Continue reading When the wound is transmuted into a standard