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The child as adult: a question of balance
In a wonderful world we have balance.
We achieve balance with the presence of two structures.
1. The outer world: the love of our family, the value of our jobs, our responsibilities, our important relationships and our not-so-important relationships. The outward important manifestation of our daily lives.
2. The inner world, which possesses and reflects our creative lives. Also our dreams, our visions, our hopes, fears that also contain our deep longing to relate to another and share this inner world. The richness and presence of this world — and how it is related with, understood and nurtured by our caregivers — shapes, develops and molds our thoughts and feelings about others during our childhood.
It’s all about how much of — or how little of — abuse and trauma, or love, support, and nurturing we experience. Our perceptions, expectations and limits of relationships are developed and created by the lens through which our child had viewed these experiences around us.
This does not mean that early childhood trauma necessarily prevents a happy, creative life — but it can inhibit our ability to relate in healthy ways as the years go by.
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CDs to soothe the soul
My Relaxation Reverie CD collection offers meditation, guided-imagery and relaxation audio. My new website, Cozy Children, is the place for children's audio stories.
Here are three audio samples:
Fall Reverie
Magic Forest
Toy Store