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Opening to Joy
I had a dream recently where a wise guide told me to reconnect to the joy of my 13 year old. When I reflected on this I remembered that he (my 13 year old self) was going through a tough time but he also knew how to enjoy his time. He allowed himself to read books for the sake of it, play games without worrying about the result and go for walks with no specific goal in mind. How much has our sense of joy become diluted by the need to achieve something or even worse, the sense

Steve Altman
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How to engage with fear
Worries, anxiety and fear. The fear that says don’t step into the world. Hide. Don’t reveal yourself to others and maintain the status quo. What might fear be trying to communicate with us? If it is an entity that wants to protect us then what might it be saying? ‘Don’t go into the world because you might be attacked.’ ‘Hide what matters to you from him/her because they might not understand you.’ ‘Only tell them what you think they want to hear or you’ll be mocked and laughed

Steve Altman
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Ancestral Trauma
Do you often experience sensations moving through your body that you intuitively know don’t belong to you? Research is demonstrating that we take on the residue of our ancestors going back at least three generations. Their worries, fears and traumas reside within our being. What they struggled to deal with in their own lifetime continues to be felt by us. Yet there is hope. In fact, there is a possibility for deep transformation work within our own psyches by becoming aware o

Steve Altman
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Male Wounding and the Soul
It can be easy to hide away as a man. To feel the overwhelming burden of needing to prove yourself - to tell the world that this is me...

Steve Altman
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Living with Uncertainty
What do we do when everything we know and hold dear collapses? When someone close to us dies, a relationship ends or a career suddenly comes to a halt, how do we come to terms with a potentially cataclysmic threat to our identity? Perhaps we don't. Perhaps we are left flailing around with no firm anchor. This goes against the grain does it not? Society compels us to have our lives sorted and be the ones in control. To know who you are, where you are headed, what your goals ar

Steve Altman
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