Do you speak to communicate or speak to dump? 17 December 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven R. Covey writes: “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to […]
That which brings you success is that which destroys you 4 November 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Many years ago, I was a jet-setting IT consultant. New Zealand, America, Hong Kong. I was billed out at $300/hour in the pre-Y2K mania. Hotels, rental cars, lavish meals. Success? Tick. […]
Feeling your family’s past 21 October 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Generational trauma , No Comments Genealogy is big business. We all know that family member constantly immersed in online research or rushing off to visit old battlegrounds or musty parish records. Over the years, the facts pile up in […]
Stay in your lane 5 October 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments One of the pitfalls of a society characterised, as ours is, by emotional immaturity and irresponsibility, is a blurring of boundaries between ourselves and others. As we bring our unconscious to light, excavating programming that undermines us, […]
To reduce unconsciousness, go towards it 3 October 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments From very early on in my journey, one of my guiding mantras has been Carl Jung’s quote. “Man’s task is to become conscious of that which presses upwards from the unconscious.” It’s a great quote. […]
12 Principles for clearing generational trauma 17 September 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Generational trauma , 2 Comments Over the course of recognising and releasing my own generational trauma, I’ve noticed various principles. These principles are repeatable, consistent, and constant. You can rely on them as much as any scientific […]
The only exit from the past is by going back through it 10 December 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Generational trauma , No Comments “The past is a door I don’t revisit very often”. I’ve heard this, and similar beliefs on leaving the past behind, over the years. This seems […]
The more traumatised we are, the more we defend our trauma 26 September 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Generational trauma , No Comments One of the characteristics of trauma that may seem confusing from the outside looking in, is that the more traumatised we are, the more we defend trauma. […]
Every interaction happens on the basis of quid pro quo 23 September 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Over the course of my emotional principles blogs, I’ve outlined some of the laws of emotional mechanics that govern our lives. One of the laws that eluded me for a long […]
That which you make conscious cannot remain unconscious 3 September 2021 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments In 1998, using a personal development tool called the Enneagram, I broke into my unconscious and started to clear its toxic contents. It’s taken me ever since to articulate it, but this is […]