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Your kids should learn at their own pace, follow their interests, and you should trust that they’ll eventually learn everything they need to know.
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
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“the greater the wounding, the more numerous and powerful our protectors need to be.”
― The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
― The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
“To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.”
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“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
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“Through mirror neurons and resonance circuitry, we are taking in each other's bodily state, feelings and intention in each emerging moment (Iacoboni, 2009).
This gives us an approximate empathic sense of what is happening in the other person, but it is important to be aware that the information is also being filtered through our implicit lens.
This filtering colors our perceptions and pretty much guarantees there will be ruptures that invite repairs, as our offers of empathy will sometimes not reflect what the other person is experiencing.”
― The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
This gives us an approximate empathic sense of what is happening in the other person, but it is important to be aware that the information is also being filtered through our implicit lens.
This filtering colors our perceptions and pretty much guarantees there will be ruptures that invite repairs, as our offers of empathy will sometimes not reflect what the other person is experiencing.”
― The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
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