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  • December 17, 2018 at 8:51 am #269647
    Peter
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    I like what Clarissa Pinkola Estés has to say about being wounded. You may find her work The Theater of the Imagination, Woman who Run with Wolves helpful.

    It’s an interesting thought that when a heart breaks, it breaks open. To be wounded then is to be opened and opened suggests the opportunity of being filled. It is also interesting that the words wound, and wonder are related. Though we experience the pain of being broken and  hurting we also find ourselves opened to wonder.

    December 17, 2018 at 10:11 am #269681
    Anonymous
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    Dear Miss Healing:

    The validation that you still need, it has  to come from someone outside of you in the context of a close relationship. You  didn’t receive it from your relationship/s with your parents. So who can give it to you now?

    My answer to my  question: a person with whom you will build an honest, empathetic and respectful relationship, a person whom you can trust. How about a competent, capable psychotherapist?

    Now that you work as a medical doctor in the best hospital in your country, I suppose you can afford a capable therapist (not all therapists are created equal,  so it takes a special one)?

    anita

    December 17, 2018 at 2:34 pm #269721
    Woosi
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    Thanks for sharing and reaching out. There must be a part of you that knows it’s possible, and hopes that someone will be able to provide the solution. The problem is, the solutions that work for others may not work for you, so give yourself permission to experiment with things and find what works for you.

    If you’re looking for help, a great coach (look for an ICF-certified life coach) can guide you in how it works best for you to give (and accept!) validation from yourself.

     

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