Peeing in the bushes – the shame of bodily functions 17 August 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments People go walking in nature for different reasons: exercise, fresh air, views, to search for flora and fauna. Yet I find that whenever I go walking with several women, one subject inevitably […]
Childhood innocence – concealing the mother wound 11 August 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Mother wound , No Comments I recently uncovered some trauma around the idea of childhood innocence. This surprised me, as I’d never really thought about the concept. I didn’t realise that by pressing into it I’d encounter […]
With our family history, only the truth will serve 4 August 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments On my journey to clearing generational trauma, there have been several quotes that’ve stuck with me. In something of a ‘duh’ moment, it’s only just struck me they all have a common […]
7 Mistakes to avoid with generational trauma 28 July 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments I’ve written a lot about what to do to recognise and release generational trauma. What I haven’t written is what not to do. So, here goes—7 mistakes to avoid with generational trauma. 1. Generational […]
Derision, social media, and shaming for entertainment 13 July 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments The advent of social media has provided a new forum for a very ancient human practice—derision, or shaming for entertainment. In the opening scene of Albert Hitchcock’s classic spy caper, The 39 Steps, the hero, […]
Measuring shame – Wilhelm Reich’s 1930s oscillograph experiments 8 July 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Anxiety , History , Sexuality , Shame , No Comments Unconscious shame may seem like a vague, subjective concept. In the 1930s, Wilhelm Reich conducted experiments using an oscillograph showing that not only was shame—particularly sexual shame—measurable, but […]
Feeling unwanted – the dark heart of the mother wound 22 June 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Mother wound , No Comments I have written extensively about the mother wound. It’s humanity’s single point of failure, the short-circuit in our collective psyche that makes us all feel to some extent like an unwanted […]
Why releasing trauma causes a loss of identity 7 June 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments Releasing trauma is a process. As a process it undergoes identifiable and repeatable stages. The phrase ‘releasing trauma’ can be understood as referring to the overall process, as well as to the stage […]
Our ancestors tried to hide everything they were ashamed of 6 June 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , Shame , No Comments One of the lessons I’ve learned about uncovering generational trauma is that our ancestors did everything they could, consciously and unconsciously, to hide what they were ashamed of. They […]
How to reintegrate disconnected ancestors into your family 21 May 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments Trauma clearing proceeds on the basis of Dr Hering’s Law of Cure: disease leaves the body in reverse order to which it entered. This means that as we excavate […]