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Hi, I’m Lori. I listen to inner children. I trust the body. I honor ancestral wisdom. Children adapt in remarkable ways to survive overwhelming experiences. Sometimes we grow up and are even more ...

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On a neighborhood walk one evening, I saw a chair near the sidewalk with a small sign affixed to it: “BROKEN.” Below this, someone had added another, smaller sign in handwriting nearly as poor as my ...

After back to back relationships with unavailable partners I found myself laying on the therapy couch asking, “Why do I keep ending up with partners who don’t commit fully to me? What’s wrong with me?

We all carry a child within us – the part that experienced our early years and formed our core beliefs. When this inner child experiences trauma or neglect, the pain doesn’t simply disappear as we ...