Posts Tagged With: accepting all parts

Day 4156: Unconditional welcome

At some point in every therapy group, I express unconditional welcome by saying, “Thanks for showing up exactly the way you did today.”

Karen Faith, in her TED talk, describes the importance of unconditional welcome for others and for the different parts of oneself.

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Do you see unconditional welcome in my images for today?

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My husband Michael is going to give an unconditional welcome to Plant Something Day by planting Calla Lillies. I’m going to practice giving unconditional welcome to audiences (and the different parts of me) for my upcoming shows at the Lilypad in Cambridge.

What are your thoughts and feelings about unconditional welcome?

Thanks for showing up exactly the way you did today!

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Day 1762: Different parts

I talk to people, in therapy and elsewhere, about accepting all the different parts of themselves.  Sometimes, people use the healthiest, most loving parts of themselves to nurture and comfort the frightened and wounded parts of themselves.

Today, I’m meeting with many skilled and experienced group therapists during a day-long retreat at our new home. I’m sure we’ll be sharing different parts of ourselves. I hope all the different parts of  our home work well throughout the day.

What different parts do you see in today’s different photos?

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Here is one of the different parts of jazz pianist Lyle Mays‘s Alaskan Suite.

All the different parts of Alaskan Suite are here, live, in Boston.

Feel free to express different parts of yourself in a comment, below.

Thanks to all who helped me create the different parts of this blog post and — of course! — to YOU.

 

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