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UNFOLDING   Every living thing has an urge to unfold, to grow. What gets in the way is blockages, some external, but mostly internal. We feel cut off from our natural vitality, strength, hope, courage, and value. This list is but a few of our essential qualities that at some point felt absent and we developed strategies to compensate for that absence. These strategies became both a lens through which we view the world and our reactions to it. Look at this trumpet vine growing

Have you experienced a time when a Part of you wants to exercise and another wants to stay in bed? I think we all have these inner conflicts. Imagine that you were the child of the King and Queen in some imaginary realm. Imagine that your parents died when you were still quite young. A council of Regents was created to run the Realm until you became capable of handling the responsibilities. Eventually, you grow up and realize that it is your birthright to manage the Realm.  Y

OUR PSYCHIC STRUCTURE (FOUR DEPTHS)   For those who want a deeper dive into the conceptual framework that I use, read on. Not everyone cares about this stuff, but some do. These Depths are always there and always active, even though we may not Have conscious access.   The Surface (separation):   This is the depth most of us live most of the time. There is you and there is me and we are separate. There are objects in the world that are separate. I have Parts of me that argue.