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getting to know your family's dysfunction.
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| Palm Desert, California |
In Carl Jung's Red Book, he asks, is it solitude to be with one's self? His soul answers, solitude is only true when the soul is a desert.
For me, living in the desert for the past year and a half, has given me the opportunity to confront my demons.
What are my demons? For me, growing up and identifying with the pseudo-independent persona, I had to confront being alone. This means being alone in the desert triggered my abandonment issues. Codependent people hate to be alone because of the childhood unmet need. However, no one could help me confront this issue but myself.
The negative emotion of shame had to come out in the open and become a feeling again. I realize now being alone in the desert has given me the greatest gift: to know the darkest part of myself!
Are you ready to confront your demons so you can live a serene life?
Serena Jade
Author/Speaker/Body, Mind, and Soul Consultantwww.serenajade.co
Last night, I was watching a cable TV series called Couples Therapy.Five couples living in a California resort and willing to talk about their problems with a psychotherapist.
Listening to these people talk about their family dysfunction and they and (we) expect to have a great relationship?
How can we live happily ever after, if we come from such
dysfunction?
I am on this earth for 47 years and in my own experience, we must understand our family dysfunction and our role in it, before we enter a relationship with another.I know this goes against what we have been taught.However, if I didn't take the time to be an explorer of my own personal history, there was no way another person can make up for what my family could not provide for me!
"We need to be in a relationship with our self before we enter a relationship with another."-Serena Jade
Are you willing to be an explorer of your history?
Are you willing to be alone to get in touch with you?
Serena Jade
Author/Speaker/Body, Mind, and Soul Consultantwww.serenajade.co
