For some women Mother’s Day is not an easy day. Daughters of mothers who could not nurture them experience emotional fallout that casts a shadow over this day and indeed their lives. Clarissa Pinkola Estes writes about the Stone Child, stories and myths of the unmothered child. As women, we experience “collapsing” and a wildContinue reading “Lighting the Mother Shadow”
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Turning Resentments into Gratitude
Last week we looked at some common sources of resentments: expectations, pride and loss. Recently I saw an entry on HuffPost the related to the topic. They looked at how negatives could be turned into positives. Although they did mention gratitude, they didn’t list resentment specifically. Here is their list:
The Sources of Resentments
“Why did she do that to me? I’ve never done anything to her!” “No one crosses me and doesn’t pay for it.” “He may think he can do that to me, but just let him try it again.” Resentments are often called frozen rage or “drinking poison andContinue reading “The Sources of Resentments”
Shirley Fessel 