Mistrust is a gift, both to oneself and to others.
Mistrust is a gift, both to oneself and to others. In the previous post, I shared a story of a motorist whose car broke down in a snowstorm in rural Montana. After a long walk along a lonely road, he finally arrived at a ranch. Walking up to the door, he pounded and...
When Validation Backfires
“Nevermind, I don’t want your damn help, anyway!”– a man in a snowstorm, pounding on a stranger’s door I remember a story my father told me in childhood, perhaps because he rarely engaged with me that way. A man’s car broke down in a snowstorm in the middle of nowhere...
Unseen Layers of Burdens
“The burdens we carry today result from generations of living in city-states, where people either must submit to oppression, become oppressive themselves, or become complicit with oppression to survive.” In my learning journey, I’ve been surprised to discover...
On Embracing Mistrust
Individuals’ parts typically harbor great mistrust for each other. Protective parts are generally polarized with other protective parts. The self-like manager, usually called “Me,” busily manages and controls various parts, experienced as different voices, impulses,...