i asked @aweissman earlier this week “what is one framework you wish young people would stop using for decision-making?” he shared with me the concept of “ghosts and ancestors” which i havent been able to stop thinking about it he also wrote about it in 2019
Ce dont nous héritons du passé est volontairement aveugle et obsolète, c’est un fantôme, une machine et un monstre. Il faut le sauver, le réparer et le tenir à distance grâce à l’attention et à l’effort des vivants. C’est un leg écrasant, car il nous martèle pour nous donner une forme socialement acceptable, et il gâche un énorme potentiel. Mais il
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I find this topic so fascinating and have been loving all of the convos I have been getting to have with you all in the comments and DMs! This question was a helpful one for myself as I was trying to decide to have kids. Is there a question you would encourage other fence sitters to ask themselves? PS. As always I am not trying to make someone choose either way. Everyone’s choice is valid. Also it’s important to acknowledge having the choice to have kids is a privilege in itself and my heart goes out to those who don’t have the choice. 💗💗💗
instagram.comAs babies, for example, how our parents or caregivers treat us imprints us with an ‘attachment style’ that governs how we relate to others for the rest of our life. Their feedback, verbal and nonverbal, deposits the first layers of sediments in what become our ‘limiting beliefs’ about ourselves and the world, ideas that get further reinforced by sc
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