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Transforming Domination Culture from the Inside Out

What’s Possible When Your Ancestors
Become a Jetpack Instead of an Anvil?

November 11, 2022 By Angela Watrous

In December 2019, I began studying ancestral lineage healing, a method of ancestral work that powerfully enlists your bright thriving ancestors (often pre-agrarian and pre-patriarchal) to bring healing to any troubled ancestors between them and you, resolving blockages and restoring the channels of ancestral blessings and support so they can finally reach you. In this work, we focus […]

Filed Under: Ancestors, Ancestral Healing, Ancestral Lineage Healing, Epigenetics, Intergenerational Trauma, Nervous System, Secure Attachment

What Would Your Life Be Like if You Were Warmly Welcomed in Your Wholeness? A Love Letter to Your Nervous System

February 14, 2018 By Angela Watrous

By the time we’re four months old, our interactions with our primary caregiver reveal whether or not we’ll have a secure or insecure attachment—our foundation for all our love relationships. We learn early and unconsciously which emotions our primary caregiver can welcome in themselves and in us. If they get angry or overwhelmed when we’re […]

Filed Under: Interpersonal Neurobiology, Nervous System, Resonant Empathy, Secure Attachment, Warm Resonant Support

Creating a Nurturing Internal Landscape

August 3, 2013 By Angela Watrous

Imagine having a soft place to land, no matter what life brings: An oasis where you can rest and restore, receiving comfort and reassurance. A place where all of your beautiful needs are held with great care, and where you can safely celebrate needs met and mourn needs unmet. In this warm, nurturing place, you’ll […]

Filed Under: Compassion and Self-Compassion, Empathy, Feelings, Needs, Nervous System, Secure Attachment, Uncategorized, Warm Resonant Support

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