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Emotional Labor

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Emotional Labor People want help but at the same time they are terrified of change. Their hurt ways “work” and the pain is familiar.   It is so familiar, they are no longer even conscious that their hurt ways that work, are still choices. And choices can change.   Hurt people have learned to protect themselves at all costs. This means manipulation instead of directness, hiding until all is determined to be “safe,” blaming to avoid being punished, never making a decision because it might be the “wrong” one so you are always looking for “clues” so you can guess at how you think you are “supposed” to act and kill before you are killed, again. It is a whole system that has taken years, decades, to construct and perfect. You might have even found someone to marry that works within your system meant to keep you “safe.”  When you seek help, a therapist, a Teacher, a healer, you will also be searching for someone to keep you safe validate you...

Life among muggles

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In my time among muggles,  I spent decades hiding my "other life..."  my life as a spiritual being.  I remember as a child being terrified thinking my mother (a therapist) might put me in a "funny farm," and made my big brother promise he would not let that happen. Poor guy--he was worried for me too. I was always so strange. A  full blown flower child that thought the world existed to share and support each other. And for decades I was able to live in and create that around me. I look back now and wonder how I did not get robbed, killed, raped, and other adventures as I wandered through life trusting everyone.  I hugged the wrong people, never had a sense of danger even when guns were pointed at me and was always sure justice would prevail.  My brother once said with great exasperation..."Not everyone here is your friend!"  I was like a golden retriever...... expecting a pat on the head, a hug, or a treat from every one and every si...