“It’s crucial to practice self-empathy, for trust can’t be willed into existence. That didn’t work when our caregivers tried to impose their will on us, and it won’t work internally, either. Only when we can tap into a place of self-trust, with a reliable process of reparation for inevitable mistakes, can we build trust with another person.” TrustSelf TrustCaregiversReparationSelf Empathy Book:Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence Source: Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence
“All infants and children require and deserve comfort in order to develop properly. Soft cooing voices, gentle touch, smiles, cleanliness, and wholesome food all contribute to the growing body/mind. And when these basic conditions are absent in childhood, our need for comfort in adulthood can be so profound that it becomes pathological, driving us to seek mothering from anyone who will have us, to use others to fill our emptiness with sex or love, and to risk becoming addicted to a perceived source of comfort.” ChildhoodComfortEmptinessMotheringCaregiversBody MindPathologic Book:Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence Source: Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence