When I started to believe I have an Inner Critic, I spent another decade trying to find it, hear it, in my head; my thoughts. I never did find it there and like any good scapegoat, I concluded I was doing something wrong.
But this article gives me a real, I mean really real, kind of hope.
' ...through slowly, consistently being seen in spaces where safety is felt, not forced, letting your body experience: being loved without needing to earn it., being vulnerable without being punished,
being celebrated without the urge to disappear....' These things I can do!
Thank you Andrea for doing this work and sharing it. I could not figure this out on my own. My false humility would not allow it. So, I will not being going anywhere any time soon. I am declaring myself a permanent fixture on this ship, because this is where I do feel seen and heard, nothing is forced, each share is healing, revealing my 'vulnerables' slowly but surely frees me from my shame prison, if I feel the urge to hide, I can resist it as I remind myself the urge is coming in from another time and place.
When I started to believe I have an Inner Critic, I spent another decade trying to find it, hear it, in my head; my thoughts. I never did find it there and like any good scapegoat, I concluded I was doing something wrong.
But this article gives me a real, I mean really real, kind of hope.
' ...through slowly, consistently being seen in spaces where safety is felt, not forced, letting your body experience: being loved without needing to earn it., being vulnerable without being punished,
being celebrated without the urge to disappear....' These things I can do!
Thank you Andrea for doing this work and sharing it. I could not figure this out on my own. My false humility would not allow it. So, I will not being going anywhere any time soon. I am declaring myself a permanent fixture on this ship, because this is where I do feel seen and heard, nothing is forced, each share is healing, revealing my 'vulnerables' slowly but surely frees me from my shame prison, if I feel the urge to hide, I can resist it as I remind myself the urge is coming in from another time and place.
So appreciate this. More please!
Wow!! I so relate to this.