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Conglomo Food

Conglomo Food

Brown bread in a can - soft, and with raisins, and no prep! Consistent. Available at any time. No love in it. Or was there?Sweet, predictable, always there. Packaged up from a conglomo company. Tater tots. Another conglomo food. Stuck in their little shape, unable to...
What’s the Payoff

What’s the Payoff

Verbal abuse, what’s the payoff?Distance, disconnection, abandonment.I don’t matter, I don’t belong; sense of community lost.No trust or accountability. No safety, no safe-harbor.Up in my tree as soon as I could get away.Comfort, nurture, understanding, support from...
Reparenting

Reparenting

R is for reframing comments from my critical parent. She is trying to protect me in the only way she knows how. I can love her too. E is for enlightenment, illumination, and understanding. For education to my core, insight, discernment, and growing wisdom. And for...
REFLECTIONS ON CROSSTALK

REFLECTIONS ON CROSSTALK

For me, this sacred element has been the single most important tenet of this program. Crosstalk absolutely hinders my recovery no matter how benign. I had my feelings, thoughts co-opted in childhood and in my closest relationships as an adult, in the name of...
WHAT AM I AFRAID OF? (BOUNDARIES!)

WHAT AM I AFRAID OF? (BOUNDARIES!)

I looked up fears. Found…12 basic fears: Rejection, Abandonment, Failure, Success, Being Lied To, Being Hurt (emotionally or physically), Being Intimidated, Being Exposed, Being Humiliated, Responsibility, The Unknown, and...
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