"Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance. Therefore the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul. That's why we feel so much Resistance. If it meant nothing to us, there'd be no Resistance.”
We talked about why we are so often afraid of our authentic self-expression.
My Authenticity Protector
In the interview, I shared that we all have a spiritual self that wants to express all of who we are. And, we also have younger, fearful personality parts inside that fear standing out in the crowd.
To "get along" in society we have protective parts of self. Some social protectors keep us fitting in, conforming and carefully scanning the environment to see if it feels safe.
These (younger) social protectors are often self-critical. They criticize us in similar ways that we have been criticized in the past in an attempt to keep us safe, small and fitting in.
The good news is, we can develop a different kind of social protector to help us feel safer to express who we really are! We can ask for an inner protector that advocates for our authentic self-expression. We can ask an inner protector to help us feel big and bright and brave!
In my interview with Dawn, I shared how a recent intuitive collage called herself my "authenticity protector." (See my collage above.) What a wonderful shift of confidence this fierce inner protector has created in me!
“Looking at beauty in the world is the first step of purifying the mind.”
~ Amit Ray
Explore Photo Therapy
In this module of my year-long expressive art and writing course, I share my personal journey of healing a deep pocket of emotional pain and grief at the death of my mother. My story might ignite and inspire your own journey of deep healing as I touch into the deeper spiritual dynamics of healing emotional pain such as ancestral healing, empathic pain processing, and the soul and karmic contracts that we come here to heal.
If you are interested in exploring spiritual and alternative ways to heal your emotional pain, you will love this module. The emails that you will receive touch into the reality that we are larger than this one earth life we are walking now. This larger perspective will support you to call upon the spiritual support of your ancestors, guides and spirit helpers to heal your emotional pain.
Cracking Open to Beauty
When I developed this creative practice, my life was full to the brim with work. I was working full-time in a government-funded art studio, and I was building my private therapy practice in every minute available in my evenings and on weekends. My lunch hour was literally my only "downtime."
So, I decided to go for a "visual beauty" walk on my lunch hour each day. For an entire year, my "Photo Therapy walk" became a treasured form of soothing meditation. And, ever being in love with visual symbolism and metaphor, my photos started to express their own healing language.
You can view my year long expressive art and writing program HERE.
