Tips for newbies
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| Mon, 08-30-2004 - 3:14pm |
To wit:
In his book, Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantages of a Painful Childhood, Wayne Muller traces many of our psychological ills to the bad habit known as "repetition compulsion.' After growing up, we unconsciously recreate the situations that damaged or addled us as children. In this way we hope to find the healing we couldn't find when we were young. We choose friends and lovers and employers who inadvertently play the roles of our original family members as we continually restage our old imprints in search of some feeling of resolution that will set us free. Some of us over eat and blame the food, or the circumstances (fast food joints, etc). That's the bad news, newbies. The good news is that the next weeks will bring the best opportunity ever to escape from repetition compulsion. My advice to newcomers, therefore: Just do it. Exercise reasonably. Pay attention to what goes onto your plate and into the mouth, every meal. And repeat. You'll get there.
Best wishes,
Astri

Thanks for joining, Astri. The newbies asked for, and needed, tips ...so thanks for lending a hand. Knew the board could count on you too! Bump.
Forte