Amazing article, as always. This line in your article really hit hard: ‘We create a fantasy that if we can just manage ourselves properly, we’ll get the love and the care we need.’ I love James Hollis, and while I haven't read the book itself, I had come across a quote from Hollis’ book, The Middle Passage, which rung true as I read your piece today - ”In the end we will only be transformed when we can recognize and accept the fact that there is a will within each of us, quite outside the range of conscious control, a will which knows what is right for us, which is repeatedly reporting to us via our bodies, emotions, and dreams, and is incessantly encouraging our healing and wholeness” -- as someone who has a jar of Athletic Greens growing old in the fridge, everything you said really resonated on so many levels - sometimes I fall prey to marketing that claims that this pill, powder, green juice, workout, etc will be the thing to finally “cure” me, but I realize I'm still far from it.
Smriti! What a fantastic and perfect quote-- I love his encouraging tone and way with words so much. Your Athletic Greens comment made me lol! And to be fair, I have a lot of affection for the part of me that loves to try supplements and plans and ideas 😂. It can be a lot of fun (and I've met some very cool people while trying self-improvement schemes, so you just never know) to see what might work for me.
Amazing article, as always. This line in your article really hit hard: ‘We create a fantasy that if we can just manage ourselves properly, we’ll get the love and the care we need.’ I love James Hollis, and while I haven't read the book itself, I had come across a quote from Hollis’ book, The Middle Passage, which rung true as I read your piece today - ”In the end we will only be transformed when we can recognize and accept the fact that there is a will within each of us, quite outside the range of conscious control, a will which knows what is right for us, which is repeatedly reporting to us via our bodies, emotions, and dreams, and is incessantly encouraging our healing and wholeness” -- as someone who has a jar of Athletic Greens growing old in the fridge, everything you said really resonated on so many levels - sometimes I fall prey to marketing that claims that this pill, powder, green juice, workout, etc will be the thing to finally “cure” me, but I realize I'm still far from it.
Smriti! What a fantastic and perfect quote-- I love his encouraging tone and way with words so much. Your Athletic Greens comment made me lol! And to be fair, I have a lot of affection for the part of me that loves to try supplements and plans and ideas 😂. It can be a lot of fun (and I've met some very cool people while trying self-improvement schemes, so you just never know) to see what might work for me.
Thank you, Laura, for expressing how we blame, shame, and sabotage ourselves. I read "Swamplands of the Soul"; it's a great book!
Yes! One of my favorites! For me, he has such a compassionate approach.