Sublime

I forgive myself. I release the guilt, the shame, and the incessant fretting and worry that I spent in the past, trying so desperately to fill the sick abandonment needs that felt like a hole in my heart.

the most effective resource for identifying and managing core emotions that trigger addictive behavior is for men to connect with and understand their inner child.

New rule: I am lovable. I examine my legacy and am doing my healing. I am learning about joy and finding it for myself. Devon: “My

Our attachments in our earliest years set the groundwork for our subconscious beliefs. We learn what a relationship looks like from watching those closest to us in relationships. We learn how to feel about our bodies by observing how our parents feel about their bodies. We learn whether or not to prioritise self care. We learn spending habits, worl

Youthfulness is so near authenticity (being its core expression) because we have been convinced by Freud that the desires of the id are most genuine; they are our most authentic self.

We are responsible for our own healing. We have to choose to take care of ourselves.

We stop believing we have no worth and start to see our true identity, reflected in the eyes of other Adult Children, as the strong survivors and valuable people we actually are.