12/23/2025
This time of year can feel like one big “family season”—which is beautiful if your family is safe and nourishing, and incredibly lonely if it’s not.
In a recent class with Linda Thai on a decolonized approach to attachment, I was struck by her reminder that secure attachment isn’t only formed with our caregivers. She names five other routes: nature, ancestors, culture, body, and time.
In this newsletter I share how expanding my sense of “ancestors” beyond my bloodline (to teachers, justice-seekers, animals, and the more-than-human world) completely shifted my experience of support.
If your holidays feel complicated, you’re not doing it wrong. You may just need a new web of attachment to lean into.
Read the full reflection here: https://www.innereyelifecoaching.com/ancestors-source-of-support/
Ancestors as a source of support can help you feel belonging and guidance, even when family feels complicated or distant.