@Linnea Butler, MS, LMFT - I'm moved by this reflection you've writtent about. Thank you for weaving together the biology, psychology and truths of what it means to long for belonging in a world that so often pushes us away from our own healthy presence. I feel especially grateful for your nod to The Self as Relationship and it’s clear our work speaks to the aspiration of how to come home to ourselves in a way that makes healthy connection possible.
Your distinction between “apart from” and “a part of” makes a lot sense to me. It captures so much of the pain I see in both therapy and everyday life, the way our early wounds teach us to scan, perform or brace, even when all we want is to be met wholeheartedly. You name the paradox with a lot of clarity: that the path to healthy connection begins not with striving outward, but with the courageous, often slow hard work of turning inward with care.
I'm grateful to be in this shared conversation with you.
Hi Linnea, and thank you for your newsletter. I recently wrote an essay here on Substack about Conversation Over the Fence, and how that has disappeared (along with the small, local community support that women have always built) as a result of the growth in "virtual" connection. If you have a moment, I'd love you to visit my post and provide your thoughts about my musings.
@Linnea Butler, MS, LMFT - I'm moved by this reflection you've writtent about. Thank you for weaving together the biology, psychology and truths of what it means to long for belonging in a world that so often pushes us away from our own healthy presence. I feel especially grateful for your nod to The Self as Relationship and it’s clear our work speaks to the aspiration of how to come home to ourselves in a way that makes healthy connection possible.
Your distinction between “apart from” and “a part of” makes a lot sense to me. It captures so much of the pain I see in both therapy and everyday life, the way our early wounds teach us to scan, perform or brace, even when all we want is to be met wholeheartedly. You name the paradox with a lot of clarity: that the path to healthy connection begins not with striving outward, but with the courageous, often slow hard work of turning inward with care.
I'm grateful to be in this shared conversation with you.
Hi Linnea, and thank you for your newsletter. I recently wrote an essay here on Substack about Conversation Over the Fence, and how that has disappeared (along with the small, local community support that women have always built) as a result of the growth in "virtual" connection. If you have a moment, I'd love you to visit my post and provide your thoughts about my musings.