by Mecca | Oct 18, 2023 | Happiness, Healing, Limiting Beliefs
The psychoanalyst Carl Jung, and one of my personal favorites, identified the collective unconscious which is comprised of eight archetypes. Self: The center of the personality or psyche — your conscious awareness Shadow: The dark and emotional aspect of your psyche...
by Mecca | May 8, 2023 | Healing, Mindfulness, Self-Care
Earthing means to sync the body to the natural rhythms of the earth, and it is essential to be connected to the earth to restore and maintain health. When you touch the ground with your bare feet or body, it is called “grounding.” Science Behind Earthing There have...
by Mecca | Apr 22, 2023 | Change, Healing
Last month I wrote about the trauma response labeled hyper-independence as a general topic. To review, hyper-independence is when autonomy and self-reliance has been taken to the extreme. These people typically have a fear or extreme discomfort with allowing others to...
by Mecca | Mar 20, 2023 | Change, Healing
The culture in the United States centers around the concept of independence, capitalism, and making it on your own. Society praises people who can take care of themselves, are self-made, and have hard-won success while any form of dependence is looked down upon and...
by Mecca | Jan 18, 2023 | Happiness, Healing, Self-Care
The world around us is fast-paced and many people have resolved to this as their reality. Expectations other put on us we own without question, definitions of success set by someone other than ourselves, dreams imposed upon us that aren’t really our own dreams, and...
by Mecca | Oct 27, 2022 | Change, Healing
Your ego is your identity as defined by a collection of beliefs and when challenged, you can become defensive to protect it at all costs. Self-esteem is different from ego but there is a careful balance between the two. We often hear “Put your ego aside”, “He has a...