Stories. Oh my Goddess! I started writing seriously when I began to consider "What happens next?" with a music video and the story I conjured just kept going. Later, with Debbie Ford's Shadow work, I wrote down my life as a story, then saw where my Shadows got stuck, and *rewrote* those parts. That work kept me on this side of the equation during my "dumpster fire" years of serious depression.
The Fitting In challenge came to me as I entered adolescence. I chose NOT to fit in. I chose to be the Lone Wolf, and that's how I was for many years. Discovering the Goddess and Her path began to bring me back home through the power of Sisterhood.
A little slice of why I'm rooting hard for you in your Work. If we aren't on the same path, they are definitely parallel! ❤
Thank you for sharing the unfolding of your story. I appreciate how you are being tender with yourself in the midst of so much shifting.
I did therapy for years with baby steps of results. I think it was finally menopause that lit the fire for change...perhaps the feather? This was a helpful for context. And I also have never been a fan of Disney movies!
I love the Jungian Life podcast and I love your sharing about your experience of therapy. I agree that the right stories (and the right people) find us at the right time. I’m so glad that you’ve found your therapist and Dumbo.
My first nudge was to delve into your relationship with animals, but I’ll leave it there! I used to love Dumbo, but it was so sad. Here’s to standing out for whatever reason we please and because we can. I love the idea of channeling the energy into an object, now what do I choose? 🙏💫
I grew up with lots of animals in small village that consisted largely of farms. Animal wise, life and death cosied up pretty consistently. I conducted a lot of mouse funerals! xx
Not at all! I also passed the habit on to my children who once did a full on Victorian, afternoon length funeral for a dead mouse they found and called Timothy Tails!
That is adorable, I feel like my husband would do this for every animal that comes across his path that is no more if he could. He has a connection to animals that makes me think he was a Buddhist in a previous life!
I want to like this a million times over!
Stories. Oh my Goddess! I started writing seriously when I began to consider "What happens next?" with a music video and the story I conjured just kept going. Later, with Debbie Ford's Shadow work, I wrote down my life as a story, then saw where my Shadows got stuck, and *rewrote* those parts. That work kept me on this side of the equation during my "dumpster fire" years of serious depression.
The Fitting In challenge came to me as I entered adolescence. I chose NOT to fit in. I chose to be the Lone Wolf, and that's how I was for many years. Discovering the Goddess and Her path began to bring me back home through the power of Sisterhood.
A little slice of why I'm rooting hard for you in your Work. If we aren't on the same path, they are definitely parallel! ❤
This is so interesting to me. It seems we are indeed, travelling in parallel. How wonderful. xx
Thank you for sharing the unfolding of your story. I appreciate how you are being tender with yourself in the midst of so much shifting.
I did therapy for years with baby steps of results. I think it was finally menopause that lit the fire for change...perhaps the feather? This was a helpful for context. And I also have never been a fan of Disney movies!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one!
Ahhhhh, meaning making, thanks for your beautiful words and a reminder of what is important to me at this stage of life.
You are very welcome.
I love the Jungian Life podcast and I love your sharing about your experience of therapy. I agree that the right stories (and the right people) find us at the right time. I’m so glad that you’ve found your therapist and Dumbo.
Thank you. x
My first nudge was to delve into your relationship with animals, but I’ll leave it there! I used to love Dumbo, but it was so sad. Here’s to standing out for whatever reason we please and because we can. I love the idea of channeling the energy into an object, now what do I choose? 🙏💫
I grew up with lots of animals in small village that consisted largely of farms. Animal wise, life and death cosied up pretty consistently. I conducted a lot of mouse funerals! xx
Ok it’s making more sense, is it wrong to think that mouse funerals sound really cute? xx 🥹
Not at all! I also passed the habit on to my children who once did a full on Victorian, afternoon length funeral for a dead mouse they found and called Timothy Tails!
That is adorable, I feel like my husband would do this for every animal that comes across his path that is no more if he could. He has a connection to animals that makes me think he was a Buddhist in a previous life!
The idea of self-belief needing something tangible to hold on to was really interesting for me. Thank you.
You're welcome. It was the most interesting part of the whole podcast for me, too x