01/22/2026
What if each and every one of us examined our own past, as painful as it can be at times? Would there be more compassion for each other, more understanding, more connection to humanity? I think so. As Alice Miller points out in her book “For Your Own Good” many of us have unexamined childhoods of abuse and neglect. If we don’t talk about any of it, we act out those abuses in our adult lives.
Imagine where we would be individually, as a country with more people with examined lives. in deeper connection to humanity rather than acting out their childhood abuse on others. I know more and more people today go to therapy, seek out help for addictions, for their anger & are starting to talk more about their lives growing up. Let’s support anyone who seeks therapy, wants to talk or write about their past, is feeling what happened to them and needs to release it in a healthy way. It’s ok to let the past be examined individually, as a family, as a nation. It’s all coming out one way or another. Art and music is also a great way to start the process of examining one’s life.
