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Do you drink alcohol consciously or unconsciously? 20 May 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Like many people in the West, I grew up in a drinking culture. My father belonged to a generation that went to the pub every night. His favourite pub had a ‘handle’ (half pint […]

Using a SIPOC diagram to attribute generational trauma 16 May 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments I’m a former industrial process analyst who, by necessity, turned my attention to analysing hidden human emotional processes in general, and generational trauma in particular. I love it when […]

You can’t increase worthiness; you can only reduce unworthiness 3 May 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments Like many people, I’ve been fighting a long battle with feelings of low self-worth. I’ve spent years trying to ‘big up’ my sense of worthiness or do things […]

What is spiritual bypassing? 20 April 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Generational trauma , No Comments One of the biggest pitfalls—one of the many—on the trauma healing journey is what’s generally termed ‘spiritual bypassing’. The word ‘spiritual’ is misleading as bypassing has got nothing to do with spirituality or any […]

We fear letting go because we fear losing control 13 January 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments One of our greatest impediments to deep change is the fear of losing control. In The steps appear when you commit to change, I describe how a lack of commitment can be […]

The steps appear when you commit to taking them 12 January 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Change. Love it or hate it, it’s relentlessly and remorselessly thrust upon us. Yet when we choose to change, when we decide to tackle an issue, we can get lost not knowing […]

You can only heal a trauma when it’s triggered 6 January 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Generational trauma , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments If healing trauma were easy, we would live in a vastly different, healthier, trauma-free world. We don’t. Because healing trauma is hard. Firstly, you must […]

Do you speak to communicate or speak to dump? 17 December 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven R. Covey writes: “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to […]

That which brings you success is that which destroys you 4 November 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Many years ago, I was a jet-setting IT consultant. New Zealand, America, Hong Kong. I was billed out at $300/hour in the pre-Y2K mania. Hotels, rental cars, lavish meals. Success? Tick. […]

Feeling your family’s past 21 October 2022 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Generational trauma , No Comments Genealogy is big business. We all know that family member constantly immersed in online research or rushing off to visit old battlegrounds or musty parish records. Over the years, the facts pile up in […]