Unaware parents dictate to their children the role they must fulfill in order to be valued. In our families, we receive the emotional road map that we take with us for the journey that is our life. It includes our self-image, our expectations of how people will treat us in intimate relationships, and our definition [...]

The opportunity to awaken exists when we allow ourselves to feel both the unresolved pain of our childhood wounding and our innate yearning for honest expression and loving acceptance. In adulthood, some will feel the desire to awaken. The opportunity to awaken exists when we allow ourselves to feel both the unresolved pain of our [...]