Inspired by Patrick Teahan’s video below… Self worth – protecting your inner child I’m protecting my inner child from your twisted way of relating to your son – only by being superior. You don’t know me, and I’m protecting my inner child from the doubt that you installed and benefited from. Rebuild a sense of…
You know you can’t keep calling it love if it only exists when you’re silent and disassociated. You can’t keep calling it loyalty if the price you pay is self-abandonment.
Today’s article, from Rebecca C Mandeville… https://open.substack.com/pub/familyscapegoathealing/p/what-fsa-adult-survivors-need-to?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=19bxf3 My favorite quote from it is: By accepting the extraordinarily painful reality of what has happened to you, you will be better equipped to discern who genuinely wants to hear your truth, and who does not want to hear it because it is inconvenient, overwhelming, or threatening.
Cory Doctorow speaks about process knowledge (PK) and how it is the basis of much of the functioning of our society. What’s interesting and new to me is the valuation of PK relative to intellectual property (IP). https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/08/process-knowledge/#dance-monkey-dance
I’m curious if the music was primarily or exclusively western music. I’m fascinated by the fact that lyrics didn’t play a particularly strong part in the ability of participants to match the imagery generated by the initial participants.