Summary: Come home to yourself to heal the first wound at the core of our culture.

Topics Discussed:​​ 

• Coming home to ourselves is a way to heal the first wound of our culture.
• Coming home is a practice, an art, and even a journey.
• It can often proceed in a cyclical fashion, from the gross level to the more subtle levels.
• We can deepen our art of homecoming through awareness.
• Ultimately, coming home to ourselves leads us to the realization that we are, at our core, whole beings. 
• Coming from Self energy, we meet the world as our core selves: calm, curious, compassionate, connected, clear, creative, courageous, and confident.
• We can access our Self energy whenever we need it.

Quotables:

• But the funny thing about this journey of homecoming is that you find out, spoiler alert, nothing is wrong with you. 
• You are Life, you are Nature itself. Perfectly imperfect, your becoming -- your remembering -- is exactly the point.
• Ultimately, we are coming home to loving awareness.
• Remember, your self energy, your loving awareness, is as close as your breath. You can reach for it whenever you need it. You are, in truth, always home.

Resources:​ 

• Self-Compassion, Neff
• Mindful Self-Compassion, Germer
• Self-Therapy, Early
• Internal Family Systems Therapy, 2nd ed., Schwartz, Sweezy

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