Healing happens in both modern therapy and in indigenous tradition when meaning is restored, when we remember that we are not isolated problems to be fixed but participants in a bigger story. All of which is relevant.
As humans, we are able to somewhat predict the future, not accurately, but enough to make us anxious about what is about to happen. It is often a case of “better the devil you know” than take any form of risk. This is often consolidated by the grey matter between our ears, often described as the “inner dictator”, that processes all our fearful thoughts into a protective, cautious stance.
This week is about Change.
These posts, published twice per week with a short audio, provide bite-sized wisdom to help you grow and discover yourself. Join me as we investigate the small ways we can bring peace, clarity, and connection into our lives.
We cannot go on reliving the trauma of our childhood in our adult world. Nobody needs rescuing generally and it is wrong to feel you need rescuing by others. It is all about awareness and responsibility…seeking awareness and taking responsibility. I see the next hike coming!
Some codependents are so enmeshed with their partners, friends, family or even work that they have no sense of their own needs or even who they truly are without what they do for others. For a codependent, it’s a lonely place when left with just yourself to cater for.
Many of us carry unresolved childhood events into adulthood, which might manifest as immediate jealously when a spouse receives a message from an ex or the idea that we are unsuitable for a new job.
It’s not easy to keep your head above water at this present moment in time. Our fate sometimes seems determined by the political will of a few (not so stable) people who hold power. Their whims and changes in policy, often just to keep their job, often affects us all.
Codependency isn’t a flaw—it’s a survival response wired deep in your nervous system. Based on Louis Cozolino’s neuroscience research, this post unpacks how early relationships shape your patterns—and how to finally rewire them for love that feels safe, mutual, and real. Healing is possible—and it starts within.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing…
As an imperfect human, I have had my share of troubles in all aspects of life including relationships, business and on a personal level: I’ve made decisions and done things that have hurt other people and I haven’t always been the best partner, son, brother, friend or father.
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