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Trusting Ourselves in Transition
Most of us very genuinely want to experience ourselves as healed, whole and able to fully step into a life of deep intimacy, creativity,...

Annelisa MacBean
Aug 22, 20223 min read


Maybe We're Crazy
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley Performed by Daniela Andrade https://youtu.be/fzxag7U3Snk I remember when I remember, I remember when I lost my...

Annelisa MacBean
Aug 18, 20221 min read


Today
By Sebastion Melmoth Today I feel full of energy yet so weak Today I feel happy yet sad inside Today I feel positive with negativity in...

Annelisa MacBean
Aug 14, 20221 min read


Loving What Is
Many of us hold a deep, often transparent hope that as we heal, we will feel less – less shakiness, confusion, hopelessness, and rage....

Annelisa MacBean
Aug 10, 20223 min read


The Gift of Your Being
GOOD NEWS!! You don't have to fix anyone's problems. You don’t have to save them, heal them, or get them to take on your ideas,...

Annelisa MacBean
Aug 6, 20222 min read


Helping Others
So many of us feel shame about our trauma and wounding, as if it is evidence that we’ve failed, it’s our fault, and that we should be...

Annelisa MacBean
Aug 2, 20222 min read


Safety
When we are hurting, scared, and experiencing emotional pain, there is a deep longing wired within us to be companioned, for a safe,...

Annelisa MacBean
Jul 28, 20222 min read


Body Alchemy
When doing psychological or spiritual work, there is an alchemical process in play. Being seen and held lovingly by others, we develop...

Annelisa MacBean
Jul 24, 20224 min read


Let the Sunshine In
https://youtu.be/Cj3EiqgtUAU We starve, look at one another short of breath Walking proudly in our winter coats Wearing smells from...

Annelisa MacBean
Jul 20, 20221 min read


The Peace of Wild Things
by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my...

Annelisa MacBean
Jul 16, 20221 min read


Holding Shame
How can the shame that is so profoundly fundamental to the life experience of so many people be relieved and resolved? How is shame...

Annelisa MacBean
Jul 12, 20223 min read


Having Need
Many of my clients carry the unconscious belief that it is not okay for them to have a need. To be in need at all, even if there is no...

Annelisa MacBean
Jul 8, 20223 min read


What is Projection?
Projection is a psychological defense mechanism in which people attribute characteristics they find unacceptable in themselves to others....

Annelisa MacBean
Jul 4, 20224 min read


Just Us Two
Just Us Two By Amy O'Connor Pull away the world so that it is just us two. Silence the chaos inside and outside our heads. Let us follow...

Annelisa MacBean
Jun 30, 20221 min read


Grow As We Go
Grow As We Go By Ben Platt https://youtu.be/aDeNQNtW1f8 You say there's so much you don't know You need to go and find yourself You say...

Annelisa MacBean
Jun 26, 20222 min read
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