Many of us spend years in confusion, anger and grief about the mother relationship, trying to make sense of what happened. โฃ The relationship with the mother, who is usually the primary caretaker, is the first imprint we receive about …
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I Can’t Change My Attachment Style, Can I?
Up until the age of two, our brain is growing at a furious rate. The neurons are connecting, and the brain is being wired, literally. In the relationship with our primary caregiver (usually the mother), we are being wired for …
Is Your Attachment Style Affecting Your Relationships?
Your attachment style influences all of your intimate relationships. Knowing if you are secure or insecure in your attachment can help you to understand some of your behaviour when you are in relationships. Know that your attachment style CAN be …
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
Four ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐จ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฅ๐. I had the opportunity to be with him for a while, about four weeks before he passed. โฃโ As he laid in his bed, getting weaker and weaker and having …
The Cycle Breakers’ Circle
This is the cycle we all go through on any healing journey. We need to discover where we are stuck, what we have inherited from our parents and our childhood. Then we need to attend to and heal those wounded …
What is a Cycle Breaker?
We all have repeating patterns or ‘cycles’ in our family of origin. It might be repeating patterns of failed marriages, drug and alcohol problems, or family conflict. You become a cycle breaker when you first see the cycle and then …
What You Need To Know About Dysregulation
When you have grown up in an unsafe environment, your nervous system is always on high alert, watching out for danger. Over time, it can be difficult for your nervous system to come back into a state of balance, so …
Why Do We Often Experience The Same Patterns of Pain?
Have you ever asked yourself why you end up in the same situation feeling the same pain AGAIN? It might be feeling unnoticed by your boyfriend. Maybe he seems to prioritise everyone and everything else but you. In response, you …
Is It Normal To Feel Anxious If I haven’t Heard From Them?
I just want to let you know that if you havenโt heard from him in 4 days, you are right to feel anxious! Thatโs a long time. Securely attached people will also find that odd. Even at the beginning of …
You Donโt Have To Feel Broken To See A Therapist.
Working with a therapist and going through a process of self-exploration and change is one of the most empowering experiences we can have. Most people have never been held in a safe, supporting, non-bias space where they can be truly …