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True adulthood, or psychological maturity, has become an uncommon achievement in Western and Westernized societies, and genuine elderhood nearly nonexistent. Interwoven with arrested personal development, and perhaps inseparable from it, our everyday lives have drifted vast distances from our species’ original intimacy with the natural world and fr
... See moreBill Plotkin • Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World

So many of our destructive behaviors take root in an emotional void, an emptiness that calls out for something to fill it.
Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
As the natural cycles are lost, emptiness follows.
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés • Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
they each had qualities and resources to bring to the client’s life that were not available while they were tied up in the protective roles.
Ph.D. Richard Schwartz • No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
it is important to attune to, or resonate with the emotional experience inside the child before changing the external behavior.
Daniel J. Siegel , Mary Hartzell • Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive: 10th Anniversary Edition
Think of your old brain as being hardwired and determining most of your automatic reactions.
Helen LaKelly Hunt • Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples: Third Edition
Maslow viewed the role of the teacher, therapist, and parent as horticulturists, whose task is to “enable people to become healthy and effective in their own style.”