This post will look at the behaviour pattern of hoarding through the lens of family systems. Reality television shows have highlighted extreme situations of hoarding and it has a tendency to desensitise us to the everyday situations of hoarding that are more prevalent. Hoarding seems to have a sense of…
It’s convenient to blame a war on one man. When discussing World War II, most of the world points the finger at Adolf Hitler. The truth is that we behave the way others let us behave. The world stood aside and let Hitler behave the way he behaved. The heavy…
This is not a pro-life or pro-choice discussion on abortion. It is not a discussion of the right to have an abortion or not. This is about the emotional and energetic impact of an abortion on an individual and/or the greater family system. It’s a discussion about what happens…
Immigration or migration is an emotional time for everyone involved. Family systems carry the emotional wounds and trauma of immigration. Family systems pass on their unresolved emotional trauma to the living descendants to be acknowledged, accepted, addressed, and healed. We suffer consequences physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, psychologically, financially, intellectually, and…
My last post discussed the shift in the relationship with mother when a twin dies. Let’s look at many of the potential emotional response patterns of the surviving twin. The following core fears or perceptions may be some of the ways the surviving twin emotionally responds when a twin dies. …
How do former intimate partners fit into your family system? Have you amicably separated from your former intimate partner(s) or have you left in an explosion of fireworks with revenge on your mind? The use of the term “ex” is a misnomer. The former intimate partner belongs or remains in…
Being drawn to the dead or turning to the dead are phrases that frequently arise in systemic family constellations. Each living family member, and this includes you of course, has the systemic potential of being drawn to the dead. Within the field of systemic family constellations and energy healing this…
