Angry At The Right Things

Keeping it all Inside

A true, cautionary tale demonstrating the danger of keeping feelings bottled up inside, known as alexithymia. Studies show alexithymia is linked with suppressed immune function, which can lead to cancer.

Mother Hunger

We all long for the nurture we didn't receive as children, which can entail much suffering. But that suffering can bring us to a place of rebirth and renewal. Hunger can lead to fullness.

Critical Thinking Changes the World

Human-based institutions lose their humanity when there isn't room for critical thinking. Humans are meant to employ critical thinking every single day -- and when their voices are heard, the world becomes a beautiful place to live.

What Kills Empathy

When we choose to not feel one feeling, we lose the ability to feel them all -- including empathy. Empathy guides us to live in ways that lead to life and flourishing, but this can only result when we dislodge all shame.

The Balance of Bonding

Uniting to others can cause us to lose a part of ourselves. The litmus test of a safe-enough person is if they are willing to bend when we push back.

Shame Transfer

Trigger Warning: includes topics of rape and incest. What makes humans inclined to transfer shame onto others, in the most horrific of ways? And how can we reclaim our our souls in spite of this propensity? Realizing our worth makes impenetrable.

Beyond the Smile

A beautiful conversation between Bronwyn and MaryLayo from Beyond the Smile podcast about anger and resentment. The good, bad and the ugly about anger -- including it's multifaceted wisdom, when we start to listen to it. 

Reactive Anger

Reactive anger is rooted in shame and designed to fight truth. The reactive anger of others wants to intimidate us and make us second-guess ourselves -- but we can stand our ground and trust ourselves, even if we have to close our eyes to do so.

Filling the Void Within

Many of us were conceived to fill a void within our mother, and that same inner emptiness was passed along to us. We may attempt to fill it with food, approval-seeking or connection, but only we can complete ourselves. Bronwyn leads us in an Integration exercise to that end.

When Codependency Kills

Wisdom from Sarah's story: how codependency and enmeshment led to her death, because she never learned what constitutes healthy attachment. Learn how to be a secure base for our children, and for ourselves.