Writing holds great power in any situation. Documenting your life is a good way to think back, understand past experiences better, and hopefully help to put the puzzle pieces of your life together.
I always have my clients tell me their life story. Processing past experiences can be very healing and allows you to write the rest of your story going forward with awareness of your history. Get your pad and paper out, set a time each day and start writing! Start your story at the beginning when you were first born. Once upon a time there was a beautiful little girl/boy...
Ilissa
There is power in writing and telling your story because it helps you discover and begin healing your inner child. This can then lead to healing your eating disorder or other painful behaviors. What are you going to choose, victim consciousness or hero/heroine?
I was lost in the freezing cold -I couldn't breathe- I was underwater -thrashing. This image haunted me in a way that I could never understand. I only feared men and any anger they displayed in the slightest twitch of their lips or jaw. In my subconscious, unknown to me, this memory ruled every interaction I ever had with men.
In my early 40's I did intuitive drawings that revealed an image of a toddler drowning underwater. Trekking deeper into my past, as I wrote my story I found this; the memory of my father who was an alcoholic still in the backwoods of the Olympic Rainforest bordering the Puget Sound Bay. He had been drinking and had taken my older brother and myself in a small rowboat to fish. I had said something that angered him and he hit the side of my head tumbling me into the frigid cold northwest waters. Read More>>>
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