The shame layer is impervious to thought 18 July 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments Carl Jung wrote, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” Despite this admonition from one of the leading figures of psychoanalysis, and despite the recognition […]
Behind violent films lies an acceptance of violence 11 July 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Patriarchy , No Comments It’s just a film. The blood leaking out of her mouth isn’t real; it’s ketchup. Go online and have a look. You’ll find plenty of recipes for fake blood. The blood may […]
Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man – the ‘ideal man’ is free of shame 2 July 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , History , Shame , No Comments Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawing, the Vitruvian Man, has always fascinated me. Drawn around 1490, Da Vinci’s drawing is named after the Roman architect Vetruvius. He not […]
Is there a hole at the heart of your relationship? 1 July 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments In recent months I’ve been having the same conversation over and over with people who are involved in personal development, building emotional integrity and improving the quality of their relationships. There is […]
The forbidden image of the penis 6 June 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: History , Patriarchy , No Comments Some years ago, I read that the children of the Roman aristocracy used to wear a small penis-shaped charm called a fascinum. The charm signalled that they were members of the nobility and if […]
Robert Pirsig and the Shame of the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 5 June 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Shame , No Comments I’ve been reading Mark Richardson’s Zen and Now – On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Richardson, a Canadian journalist and motorcyclist, was sufficiently […]
Ancestral traumas express themselves through porn 3 June 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Ancestral trauma , Pornography , No Comments In What is ancestral trauma?, I wrote how traumas that occurred thousands of years ago yet remain embedded as genetic memories in our collective unconscious. As we go deep into our healing journey, […]
Deep emotional blocks need impacts to dislodge them 1 June 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments One of the less appealing features of the healing journey (not that it has many to begin with) is that the further you go, the more deeply our unprocessed emotional trauma is lodged […]
Healing the “shambles” – uniting head, heart and genitals 28 May 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments In The Heart of the Soul, American spiritual teacher Gary Zukav writes that, “The longest journey that you will make in your life is from your head to your heart.” It’s a popular […]
Vanishing point – the shame of existence 23 May 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , 1 Comment I have been writing about shame for a long time. About how patriarchy created societies where everyone was ashamed of the emotional and sexual aspects of their lives because these conflicted with other qualities—strength, intelligence, […]