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April 2023 Newsletter
The Drama Triangle
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Those who persecute others are warding off knowledge
of their own fate as victims.
Alice Miller
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These turbulent and chaotic times of divisiveness, finger-pointing, and othering create enormous opportunities for deep soul-healing and awakening to our personal and collective evolutionary journey and purpose. How can we heal the wounds that separate, alienate and marginalize us while increasing our sense of belonging as we expand our authentic interconnection with all of life? This month we are focusing on the Drama Triangle and how our longing to belong can erode our authentic growth and self-expression while trapping us in an unconscious dynamic of control games.
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We, humans, lie! We constantly exaggerate and tell “half-truths” to disguise our fear, shame, and discomfort in a world of pretense, expectations, uncertainty, and separation. Studies show that lies comprise about 35% of our conversations. We tell lies that get us entangled in a complex web of stories to make ourselves look in ways we think will make us acceptable and enhance our sense of belonging. As a general rule, lying is a symptom of one’s distrust or inability to deal with perceived problems, threats, or insecurities. Understanding the drama triangle can support us in living more authentic, connected, and purposeful lives.
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We're all islands shouting lies to each other
across seas of misunderstanding.
Rudyard Kipling
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This Month on WE Earth Radio | |
The Healing Power of Family Constellations
Courtney Wren-Mabbutt MSW RSW is a medicine woman, experiential mystic, & therapist with her masters in social work. She is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, has training in Pre & Perinatal Work, is a Family Constellations Facilitator, and has training in shamanism, energy work, ceremony & ritual.
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She creates spaces for transformational experiences of embodied relational healing with life & the divine. She lives in the Slocan Valley BC in conscious partnership & motherhood. She loves the wilderness, connection, and play.
Visit Courtney's website here
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The Rhythms of Relating
A Collaborative Exploration into the 5Rhythms and Relational
~ Systemic Constellations
with Michael Stone & Courtney Wren-Mabbut
May 18th @ 5 pm PT
Click here to reserve your FREE pass!
Through our e-motions, energy in motion, we will dance into a deepening inner relationship with our most authentic selves. Followed by a Relational Constellations process where we explore the 5Rhythms map of ways of being, how those come into relationship with one another, and how they then influence the ecosystems of our lives.
For more information go to:
Courtney Wren-Mabbut - https://www.courtneywrenmabbutt.com/
Michael Stone - https://www.welloflight.com/
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Living A Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a
Purpose Larger Than Yourself
Lynne Twist is a global visionary and activist committed to creating a future that is environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just.
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She is the co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance, the founder of the Soul of Money Institute, and the author of the bestselling book The Soul of Money.
Over the past forty years, she has worked in fifty countries with over 100,000 people as well as with many organizations and companies, inspiring them to expand how they see themselves and empowering them to express their commitment and creativity to secure the future of all life.
Visit Lynne's website here
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Next month on WE Earth Radio.
John Perkins: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
& Stephanie James: Becoming Fierce
You can follow our Youtube recordings by clicking here!
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My Grandmother’s Hands:
Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
by Resmaa Menakem
Another book I consider a must read for anyone interested in transforming our culture and deconstructing racism, enslavement, mysoginy, white supremacy and police brutality. Resmaa brilliantly takes us into the body to discover how we can grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide. He takes us step by step through a healing process based on the latest neuroscience and somatic healing methods. Also available in audio!
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Video of the Month
with Gabor Mate
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Rites of Passage ~ Ancient and
Contemporary
Online Workshop with Michael Meade
Saturday, April 15 :10:00am - 2:30pm (PDT)
Registration: $50
Workshop themes include:
• Liminal Times: Being Betwixt and Between
• Seeing With the Eye of the Heart
• Radical Shedding, Unfinished Initiations
• Genius of Youth, Wisdom of Elders
• A Green Quest: Nature and Humanity
• Second Adventure of Life
This half-day workshop includes a morning and afternoon 2 hour session and weaves together story, mythic insight, exercises, practices and in-depth Q&A periods.
Registration includes:
Access to live workshop and unlimited access to HD recordings
available shortly after the event
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- The CORE (Community, Organizing, Resourcing & Empowerment Group) is an ongoing online program for people who want to do the deeper spiritual and trauma integration work. In this advanced program we continue to deepen our ability to transcend our sense of separate self and develop the skills of Relational Intimacy, Authentic and Embodied Communication, Post Traumatic Healing, and Community Organizing... To apply for this program you must have a regular meditation practice and fill out this confidential application. Michael will then set up a zoom interview to see if this is a fit for you and the group.
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Michael Stone is a spiritual author, mentor, shamanic practitioner, radio host, producer, and trauma integration facilitator who co-creates individual and group environments and experiences that support people in transcending the myth of separation, and experiencing deep and profound interconnection with others and all of life. He has been teaching and leading experiential events, classes, teleseminars and workshops on Organizational Development, Embodied Shamanism, Moving Meditation, Mysticism, Relational Intimacy, Personal Growth, Trauma Integration and Spiritual Fulfillment for over 40 years. www.WellofLight.com
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Soul Remembering and Restoration: Rediscovering Our Essential Goodness
- Somatic Trauma Integration Facilitation
- Group & Couples Counselling
- Movement & Meditation Experiences
To meet the financial and emotional challenges of our time Michael is now offering a sliding scale for therapeutic sessions online & in person.
If you are interested in working with Michael you can set up a 15 minute introductory call here.
For more information click here.
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Enough.
These few words are enough
If not these words,
this breath.
If not this breath,
this sitting here.
Opening to the life
we have refused again and again
Until now.
It is not enough to know.
It is not enough to follow the inward road
conversing in secret.
It is not enough to see straight ahead,
To gaze at the unborn
thinking the silence belongs to you.
It is not enough to hear
even the tiniest edge of rain.
You must go to the place
where everything waits,
there, when you finally rest,
even one word will do,
one word or the palm of your hand
turning outward
in the gesture of gift.
And now we are truly afraid
to find the great silence
asking so little.
One word, one word only.
by David Whyte
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with love and blessings,
Michael & the Well of Light Team
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I promise, no control games, if you give me a treat! Buddha | | | | |
