emotionalmechanics
3 Truths about the mechanics of truth 4 April 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments We tend to think of truth in a very binary way: true or false, with nothing between. Perhaps we admit the existence of shades of grey. Yet we don’t tend to think of Truth […]
3 Principles of empowered communication 13 March 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments By its very nature, trauma is a place of disempowerment, a state of less-than, a psychological prison where we find it hard to make ourselves heard. As we shed trauma, we must learn the tricks […]
The Reiterative Trauma Unlocking Tool 11 March 2025 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments I tried, honestly. I tried to make up a catchy acronym that accurately conveyed what this thing does. I’ve ended up with RTUT—the Reiterative Trauma Unlocking Tool—which I admit is neither sexy […]
6 Symptoms of the mother wound 20 February 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Mother wound , No Comments At its core, the mother wound is a distortion or disconnection (depending on severity) from the source energy of life. This wound occurred on a global scale following climate change some 6,000 years ago that […]
7 Symptoms of generational trauma 19 February 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , 2 Comments One of the difficulties in identifying generational trauma—or even believing that it’s real—is the wide array of symptoms that may present. Inherited traumas are instances of past emotional overwhelm, situations that one of your ancestors could […]
5 Mistakes to avoid when healing porn addiction 17 February 2024 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Pornography , No Comments While researching Google keywords I stumbled on a list of ‘Five effective strategies to overcome porn addiction’. These strategies are mostly based on false, wish-fulfilment ideas about the mechanics of porn addiction. This led […]
How to work with the geography of generational trauma 8 December 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments I’ve recently come to a new understanding of the importance of geography in resolving generational trauma. Trauma formation is inextricably linked with the place it occurred. I’m ashamed […]
Normal – the non-existent patriarchal standard 2 November 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments When exploring feelings of unconscious shame and disgrace, it’s important to remember that these feelings always exist in response to judgment. Judgment, in its turn, is always against a standard. In our patriarchal society that standard […]
The car of your life – are you in the driving seat? 30 October 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments Imagine the journey of your life as a 2-seater sports car, like this Chevrolet Corvette at the Cayman Motor Museum. You’re speeding down the road. […]
Nostalgia – a longing for past emotional anaesthetics 24 October 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Karl Zuckerberg recently posted on my Facebook feed an image of an Alien Interceptor spacecraft from the 1970 TV series UFO. It’s a series I’d long forgotten about. The image brought memories of […]