by maryshutan | Mar 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
To begin, I will say that my definition of the word “ego” is simply that it is our identity– the thought of who we are and what the world is like (so, perhaps more based in Eriksonian thought than Freudian if we were to talk Psych 101). We formulate this...
by maryshutan | Mar 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
There came a point in my path where I realized that my previous methods of healing were not working. My anger did not want to become joy, my pain did not want to become bliss, my inner violence did not want peace, and my fear did not want to be calm. I realize that I...
by maryshutan | Mar 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
There is a wild that lies within us. It is our most primal selves, our uninhibited, sexual, animalistic selves… the part of us that is dark and free and expansive. We are not separate from our animal instincts, from nature, from our reptilian brains that act...
by maryshutan | Mar 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is a continuation of a look at the difference between spiritual and neo-shamanic constructs (read part one and part two). The Wounded Healer and Shamanic Illness The neo-shamanic perception that one works through their issues in order to be of service to others I...
