Energetically, I want to explore the idea of being “born too soon.” While each birth goes the way it is meant to go, and happens when it is meant to happen, the mother and child can carry emotional trauma around the event depending upon what occurs. I believe that our…
I would like to draw some messages from the ancient ones that surround us, both the human variety and the magnificent trees of nature. I have been attracted to the beauty of trees all of my life. Perhaps I learned to appreciate trees, rather than take them for granted, because…
Systemic healing of human beings frequently runs counter to quantitative empirical study because it takes into account that we are unique creatures. Systemic healing focuses on context. One of the limitations of scientific study is that it continually seeks commonalities to back a hypothesis. If a particular event Z occurs…
Epigenetics is a fascinating empirical field of science. Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance is an area of neuroscience and genetic research that has grown rapidly over the past decade. One empirical study after another has created a package of quantifiable evidence to show that the emotional trauma of animals and human beings…
The subject of what happens when a twin dies has come up in conversation several times recently; so let me explore the topic. The loss of any family member to physical death is traumatic, and when that happens to be your twin, it may exponentially impact your wellbeing throughout life. …
Early in 2002, I wrote a university paper on the dynamics of a child born to a woman in mourning – a widow. It was a topic I knew intimately. In 1995, my partner was killed in a vehicular accident when I was six weeks pregnant. Six and a half…
