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Lisa Marchiano • Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself

motherhood provides a rich arena for self-understanding.

Heroine stories usually involve a descent.

Any initiatory journey requires a guide,

You can’t go through psychotherapy training and not be changed in some way, not become, without even noticing, oriented toward the core.

“Therapy is like getting a really good second opinion on your life from people who are not in your life.” – Lori Gottlieb

It features the universal motif of descent, sojourn, and return that characterizes female initiation.

Therapy helps you access the place of knowing you have deep down but sometimes need guidance to unlock

fear often points us toward our longings