One of the ways in which therapy fosters healing and change is by putting into words our experiences – the fleeting thoughts, the felt emotions – which prior to this often hovered under our awareness but impacted us none-the-less. We love the idea behind this, to expand our repertoire of describing our experiences by looking beyond our own language and culture.
Month: April 2017
Raising a parent
One of the commonly identified roles of a parent is that of a teacher; raising your little one to play nice, know the alphabet, and a never ending list of other skills, information and customs. This letter from a mother to her young son is a lovely reminder that, as with all relationships, they are not one way. Our children can be a clear (sometimes confronting) reflection of our own strengths and weaknesses. This recognition of ourselves in another can be a powerful experience that not only shapes who we are as parents, but who we are as people.
Embracing mediocrity
We can be bombarded by advice about what we “should” be doing do make us happier, better, more successful. We at In Dialogue often advocate for less doing, and more being, through reflecting on ourselves, our unique mix of traits and preferences we can choose a path that suits us. In this lovely piece the writer takes us on her own journey of recognition of what is sustaining for her.
Recovering from perfectionism
This is a lovely post at Ramona where a “recovering perfectionist” talks about first accepting imperfection in the world and moving on to accepting imperfection in themselves.