The mother wound = lack of emotional nurturing 4 December 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Mother wound , No Comments In What is the mother wound? I describe the way that the wound at the core of humanity causes six key separations (or fragmentations). Of these, however, there is only one […]
The orgasm reflex – nature’s cure for trauma and anxiety 28 November 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Anxiety , Cornerstones , Sexuality , No Comments We live in a world of growing crises, growing trauma, and growing anxiety. We’re desperately in need of solutions, a way of turning back the rising tide of […]
The mother wound – “The dreadful has already happened” 22 October 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Mother wound , No Comments In a lecture shortly after the end of World War II, German philosopher Martin Heidegger asserted that, “The dreadful has already happened”. I would like to borrow this phrase, as […]
What is the ‘false self’? 20 October 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , 1 Comment In blogs such as What is the unconscious?, What are shame-based issues? and How shame affects arrested development I describe the psychological legacy of patriarchy. Here I pull together various strands to describe some of the ways […]
What is the unconscious? 13 October 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , No Comments The idea that the human psyche has both conscious and unconscious aspects has been recognised since antiquity and is documented in ancient Hindu texts. The modern concept of the unconscious emerged during the 18th century. The term itself […]
The spine of patriarchy – lack of inner authority 8 October 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Patriarchy , 2 Comments For the last six millennia, patriarchal societies based on wealth, power and consumption have caused the violent death of billions of people and driven the planet to the brink of extinction. […]
How shame affects life energy 7 August 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Shame , No Comments I’ve written extensively how unconscious shame inhibits us emotionally, causing significant reductions in our quality of life. Yet that isn’t the full extent of damage that it causes. Here I describe how shame literally sucks […]
What is hemispheric dominance? 7 August 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Patriarchy , No Comments Neuropsychologist Roger W. Sperry first proposed the theory of hemispheric dominance in 1960. In my own simplistic terms, hemispheric dominance boils down to three interlocking principles: Brain functions are specialised between the left and right hemispheres […]
The 3 laws of patriarchy 27 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Patriarchy , Radicalisation , No Comments Wikipedia defines patriarchy as “a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property.” This is a superficial view. […]
What is emotional unavailability? 13 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Mother wound , No Comments I first began to write about emotional unavailability in the post Is there a hole at the heart of your relationship? In it, I wrote: I’ve been having the same conversation over and over with […]