01/21/2025
Happy New Year dear ones. Im emerging from a contemplative study cycle, my usual process in the dark weeks bridging December and January.
Coming into a new year, for me means the closets of my mind need cleaning out, attention, integration. Why? To differentiate the past from the now. To let there be space to grieve and appreciate the finite quality of this life going by.
This is how new beginnings and true divergence from familiar trauma cycles are best set up. It is a blend of the heavy and the light.
Here’s a deeply thoughtful article from attachment specialist Gordon Neufeld. His main premise :”tragedy [will] continue to take its toll unless, or until, it [is] sufficiently grieved.”
When Attachments Fail: some New Year’s ruminationsby Gordon Neufeld I was told by some of our Neufeld Institute staff that our newsletter subscribers might appreciate hearing from me at the start of this new year. I usually turtle during the winter holidays, retreating to my family and my readi...
