Tolstoy and IFS
Leo Tolstoy opened his blockbuster novel Anna Karenina with this famous statement: All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. And went from there to show — in gloriously artful detail — how one family’s story could exemplify that observation. Seems to me there’s resonance there with the Internal Family Systems model for understanding how any life can unfold into its own story.
~How so?
The internal family of Parts of us…when we are in harmony with each other…and there are no dragons to slay in the immediate or imagined vicinity…well we occupy a human nervous […]
A conversation:
All of us on the journey of health and wholeness must reckon with the grave influence of environmental toxins on our efforts. Ubiquitous in our foods, our water, our air, our household products–the number of chemicals in use is growing daily. Exposure to many of these is known to adversely affect the healthy development and function of body systems. Sadly, the wise regulation of these in the public’s interest is diminishing. If we are to be proactive about creating and maintaining good health, we must add awareness of this challenge to our […]
Yep, our super smart and well-informed nutritionist Nate tells us that’s how many servings of vegetables to eat in a day to get the vitamins, minerals, fiber etc necessary for good health. How do we eat that much vegetable matter in 3 squares a day, especially given that one of those squares normally does not even contain vegetables?
It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.