by Lissa Rankin | Jul 9, 2021 | Creativity, Environment, Mental Health, Muse, Relationships
When I was posting recently on Facebook about dissociation, polyvagal theory, and developmental trauma, a conversation arose among those commenting about empathy- and what can block it. Words like narcissism, sociopathy, and autism floated around- and it was obvious...
by Lissa Rankin | Jun 29, 2021 | Creativity, Environment, Mental Health, Muse, Relationships, Spirituality, Trust
In Healing With The Muse this week, we had a surprise special guest- Maja Apolonia Rode, who read us her An Invitation To Play poem, taught us how to “grow” a mandala so everyone could make one themselves, and then we rolled the “Divine Dice”...
by Lissa Rankin | Jun 24, 2021 | IFS, Mental Health, Muse, Relationships, Sexuality, Whole Health Medicine Institute
In my life, one bright spot of blessing in the past crazy year has been a daily “parts check in” with my friend and former housemate Emma, who is an Internal Family Systems (IFS) practitioner who really gets the IFS model. We’ve been beautiful...
by Lissa Rankin | Jun 22, 2021 | Dick Schwartz, Environment, IFS, Mental Health, Relationships, Whole Health Medicine Institute
It sounds weird to say that trauma is hot right now, but it doesn’t take much to recognize that after a year of personal and collective trauma, conversations about healing trauma are everywhere. For example, I’m delighted that Oprah Winfrey and Bruce...
by Lissa Rankin | Nov 12, 2018 | Relationships
When I was teaching a workshop a couple of weeks ago, I made a flippant comment to a client. “Intimacy is not the same as unconditional love, nor is it the same as sex or compatibility.” My client wrinkled her forehead and took me aside later to ask me to expand on...
