"Listening, pondering and sharing become my connection to the oneness of life, and there is no longer any part of me in exile." - from Embers
In Internal Family Systems, exiles are those parts of ourselves that are "trapped" by pain. Through the work, those exiles can be released from exile, free to finally be heard and felt.
Our current culture has been set up not to benefit humans but to benefit business. I'm talking about the culture where we are expected to show up to work at an expected time, do the expected work, and
I believed that I was trying to make too many changes at once. I wanted to cut back my use of alcohol. I wanted to only partake on special occasions. This has been working. I'm keeping up with it.
Today someone said a word that frightened me. I didn't not hide from it. I acknowledged it (the word and my fear) and let others know. I walked with the fear and I was okay.