Hope in a Corner of My Heart: A Healing Journey Through the Dream-Logical World of Inner Metaphors

As Julia describes this physical sensation that brings ease and relaxation, I hold her attention on it with slow, inviting repetitions. “And there, on your shoulders…

“And take some time now to just let it be out there and feel that easing up.”

“And what are you drawn to now?”

I can’t seem to have a calm, relaxed life, and it’s been that way all my life.”

And take a bit of time to be with your shoulders when the fear is gone.” I gave Julia some time to feel that relief before addressing the fear.

“I’ll be able to think about the future in more hopeful ways— with optimism and hope. About something other than loss and illness and death.”

But with Clean Language, I don’t revisit the facts of Julia’s past. Again and again I have seen deep healing happen when the client calls upon her conscious and subconscious

minds and her body to revisit old experiences and patterns in the language of the subconscious—metaphors.

What painstaking work Julia is engaged in. She accepts the slowness of her process, given her loss and the depth of her feelings.