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Pearl Gregor
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“...in the lower self, love is neediness, “chemistry” or infatuation, possession, strong admiration, or even worship—in short, traditional romantic love. Many people who grew up in troubled homes and who experienced a stifling of their Child Within become stuck at these lower levels or ways of experiencing love.”
― Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
― Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
“When this Child Within is not nurtured or allowed freedom of expression, a false or co-dependent self emerges. We begin to live our lives from a victim stance, and experience difficulties in resolving emotional traumas. The gradual accumulation of unfinished mental and emotional business can lead to chronic anxiety, fear, confusion, emptiness and unhappiness.”
― Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
― Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
“There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.”
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“If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.”
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
― No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
“The shame-based person is nearly always enmeshed in some way with one or more people. While we are in a dysfunctional, shame-based relationship, we may feel like we are losing our mind, going crazy. When we try to test reality, we are unable to trust our senses, our feelings and our reactions.”
― Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
― Healing the Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
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