‘Here be dragons’ – healing generational trauma is a hero’s journey 2 October 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments Remember those old maps with blank spaces around the edges marked ‘Here be dragons’? That’s where you’re headed—the blank spaces in your family history: the times, events and people that […]
The emotional cost of generational trauma 25 September 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments What is the impact of generational trauma? How do we count the emotional cost of generational trauma? This photograph from Sydney Sims says it all. We spend our lives trying to paste on a smile […]
You can never see more than one step ahead 19 September 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Truth. We all think (or like to think) that we’re seeking it. Yet why isn’t there a single truth that we can all recognise? Surely someone has found ‘the truth’ by now? […]
Self-healing requires accepting responsibility 18 September 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Have you ever wondered why some people rave about self-help books, yet others dismiss the same books as useless garbage? Same book, different people: the key factor is the people, not the book. The common denominator of […]
‘Incel’ – the issue is shame, not physical appearance 11 September 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: News , Radicalisation , No Comments On 24 February 2020, a 17-year-old boy with a machete entered the Crown Spa massage parlour in Toronto and attacked three people. Ashley Arzaga, 24, died at the scene. Two others, […]
Pain is the roadmap for what needs healing 7 September 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments In the personal healing world, we talk about the ‘healing journey’. What does that mean? We’re on a journey to healing. Yes, obviously—but where’s it taking us? What’s the destination? At this point, […]
How porn addiction led me to the mother wound 4 September 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Mother wound , Pornography , No Comments My journey into unconscious shame began with porn addiction and ended with the mother wound. And here it is—the blog that ties together the two ends of a very long […]
How to penetrate the unconscious 28 August 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments There’s only one way to effect powerful, permanent healing in the human psyche: penetrate the unconscious and release the pain it contains. This is not something we choose to do. It’s something we do when […]
To pull yourself together, first you must pull yourself apart 20 August 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments “Get a grip.” “Pull yourself together.” How often have you heard these phrases? More to the point, how often have you barked them at yourself when your world was disintegrating around […]
You’re in a process that you’re too close to see 10 August 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments In ‘Tight Connection to My Heart’, Bob Dylan sings: “What looks large from a distance / Close up ain’t never that big.” Dylan, one of the greatest philosophers of our age, […]