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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 , 1 Comment 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 […]
Feeling unwanted – the dark heart of the mother wound 22 June 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Mother wound , No Comments I have written extensively about the mother wound. It’s humanity’s single point of failure, the short-circuit in our collective psyche that makes us all feel to some extent like an unwanted […]
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 17 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 emotional bypassing? 20 April 2023 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , 1 Comment 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 kind of otherworldly […]
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 […]