What is the Mother Wound, and How to Heal it?
It costs too much to avoid investing in your healing. A look at the real costs.
Your feelings are a real and valid gauge that tells you what’s going on in your system. You can rely on them to give you honest feedback about your internal systems and responses to external stimuli.
My grief was one of the last parts of me to be rediscovered and set free, and while these feelings are not “pleasant,” I find them so deeply touching, healthy, and life giving.
Sometimes before we can fly and belt out our songs, we have to find deep stillness, a moment to come to rest, a space to really unburden ourselves, and then discover what can occupy the spaciousness within us when we are not filled up with trauma, stress, and anxiety.
A few years ago, a friend messaged me on Facebook asking me if I felt any special connection with Joseph Smith (the first prophet of the Mormon church). I replied “Well, other than the fact that I was born and raised Mormon, no not really. Why?!”
Do you love your time with yourself, or endure it?
I went into deep prayer and meditation to ask how to come to terms with the position I was in. This is what came:
The Illusion of Perfection As a kid, I was seen as gifted and put into several programs to nurture my…
Nowadays, you can throw a rock and hit a psychedelic-assisted therapist, trip sitter, or some other person serving medicine as a healing modality. We’ve heard that all of the preparation requirement is a lot and has deterred some people from attending our ceremonies. GREAT! This medicine, excuse my language, is a big fucking deal, and we treat it that way.
We are lacking that sense of belonging. It is a basic human need, and it is also one of the deepest, most painful, and most prolific human wounds.