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Social Context and Personal Choice
Elements of Refusal by Charles Eisenstein Psychiatrist Norman Doidge, MD, has recently published a long, four-part article entitled...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 22, 202218 min read


Transforming Old Habits
When you feel yourself caught in the shaming and blaming storyline, the victim story, attacking those around you for the ways they have...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 18, 20222 min read


Emotional Development
When someone asks a child their age, we’ve all witnessed the child respond by saying, “I’m four”, and then adding, with great solemnity,...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 14, 20223 min read


What's Your Thing?
It's Your Thing by the Isley Brothers Featuring The Mojo Sapiens https://youtu.be/xLGr7U4cFWg It's your thing, do what you wanna do I...

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 10, 20221 min read


Insanity
Gaslighting the Self . . .

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 6, 20221 min read


The Music Played the Band
A 35-minute film by Ben Stewart - with Charles Eisenstein https://youtu.be/BDlreRnCYpg

Annelisa MacBean
Feb 2, 20221 min read


Surviving the Unknown
We are conditioned from the earliest moments of embodiment to register repetitive and familiar experiences as safe and comfortable....

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 28, 20224 min read


Bending Over Backwards
Are You CoDependent? CoDependency: Addiction or Disease? Codependency has been referred to as “relationship addiction” or “love...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 24, 20225 min read


The Source of Suffering
My observation is and has been that every time I am confronted with the experience of moving forward, I am inclined to resist and avoid...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 20, 20221 min read


Disappointment
In all my meaningful, intimate relationships, I inevitably disappoint everyone at some point; my partner, family, and friends have all...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 16, 20222 min read


Wired for Love
In the first 18 - 24 months of life our relational experiences are encoded in our neural circuitry. Stored as implicit memory, these...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 12, 20222 min read


Connection and Differentiation
In my intimate relationships with partners and friends I am learning to prioritize a sense of security in our connections, a kind of...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 8, 20222 min read


Relationship Templates: Temples of Healing
For many of us, intimate relationships are the great amplifiers of the unlived life. I know I can count on my partner and close friends...

Annelisa MacBean
Jan 4, 20222 min read


What Do You Imagine?
Imagine By John Lennon Featuring Charlotte Summers https://youtu.be/un0q94yivXY Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell...

Annelisa MacBean
Dec 31, 20211 min read


The Rehearsal is Over
by Charles Eisenstein A friend wrote me about her dilemma. She owns a company employing hundreds of people and is a staunch critic of...

Annelisa MacBean
Dec 28, 20214 min read
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