who most gets under your skin. What about that person irks you the most? It is likely to be that quality that you have repudiated in yourself.

This is analogous to the hard work that one must undertake to recover from childhood trauma or emotional abuse. It may take us years to break the spell.

When old painful emotions resurface, the journey will be difficult. But trust that these wounds are being brought into awareness again so that you can have the opportunity to heal them. Being open to your inner world, even when this is painful, always offers the possibility of renewal.

she often went to the beach at twilight, where she would gaze wistfully out to sea. And though she loved her children dearly, they never saw her smile.

Lily was the precious child who was longed for and despaired of before she finally arrived. In psychological terms, Little Brier Rose’s birth is the granting of our heart’s desire after a long, tearful duration of fretful waiting.

to change in my daughter was, in fact, something that needed to be addressed within myself.

In order to become firmly planted in your unique life, you must sacrifice unlimited potential for the manifested reality of ordinary fate.

Questions for Reflection for Losing Ourselves 1.When have you felt disconnected from yourself? From your children? What is this like for you when you feel this way? 2.The fairy tale in this chapter begins when the king becomes lost in the forest and is therefore susceptible to the witch’s ploy to get him to marry her daughter. Where in your life

In many cultures, there are goddesses who are the spinners and weavers of fate.