Some people have commented to me that I am not free unless I forgive; unless I feel and understand my parents’ pain; that I will never be free from the tormentors of my childhood if I run away from them because I am an extension of my parents–and not of a different species than they….
Category: Writings
Alice Miller’s true self would have supported her son
Alice Miller’s true self would have supported her son with this difficult book It is immensely painful to read Martin Miller’s book and to discern the repercussions of Nazi-Germany’s lunatic and murderous persecution on the lives of Alice Miller and her son. In consternation must I conceive the tragic self-denial, which was — through the…
Martin Miller’s book about his mother Alice
The Mask of the Children’s Rights Activist by Caroline Fetscher Outwardly, Alice Miller stood for the empathetic and non-violent education of children, thereby becoming a star of pedagogy. Her own son came to know a very different woman. The book, which he now has written at the age of 63, is not an accusation….
A Letter to Marilyn Van Derbur
Despite my Father’s Misogyny, Despite the Incest, I became a Strong, Spirited and Daring Woman “If you violate your children, they may not speak today, but as we gather our strength and stand beside them, they will, one day, speak your name. They will speak every single name. It is not my father’s reputation that…
IFS Therapy session : under the dark shadow of fascism
my truth part living unknowingly as a child under the dark shadow of fascism Barbara: My part does not feel safe. I’m not worried about COVID. No, it’s the election and the republicans, all the law-suits, and that the republicans don’t say anything, and the parallel to hitler-Germany where the conservatives supported hitler and finally,…
IFS Therapy session: Movie “Spotlight” touches my “Love of Truth” part
IFS Therapy session, March 3, 2016 Movie “Spotlight” touches my “Love of Truth” part After I watched the inspiring, great movie “Spotlight,” I had a moving therapy session. Here you can watch the trailer of “Spotlight”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg5zSVxx9JM Reminiscent of the movie “Inside Out,” I could connect in a new and deeper way with two of…
Jan
Jan wanted to be a singer he studied singing in a big city and returned to his home, the island, for the summer he taught tennis and was a lifeguard at the beach my father was a passionate tennis player and loved sports so I had to take tennis lessons—Jan became my teacher I was…