Energi Magazine - Issue 16

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Navigating through Change amongst the Family

Usually it is said that our family knows us best. This means they know our patterns, tendencies, habits, flaws and traits. We have also developed with them (and BY ANDREA SIPCIC them with us) different patterns, As we are creating and dynamics and even coexperiencing our own changes dependencies that have served us within ourselves, depending on the to maintain relationships and depths and extremes, some can at connections with them, albeit times seem uncomfortable, sometimes unhealthy. From this overwhelming or tumultuous. we generally know what to expect Going through and adjusting from them and them from us, for through this is enough in itself; the most part. We tend to look at now we add life - work, routines, things based on past experiences deadlines, peers, bills, school, and patterns from people and romantic life, friends, children and relationships and from there of course, family and all its anticipate and create our dynamics and differences. experiences.

Now when we look at bringing change or any type of pattern interruption, things can get stirred up and go in many different directions. Each of us that is a member of a family plays a role in the whole picture, almost like a puzzle. Change a piece of the puzzle, and you can affect the whole puzzle and enforce other pieces to be rearranged. So changing yourself can inevitably create some sort of change within your family dynamic. This is most often change that is needed, potentially breaking old, flawed and unhealthy patterns, dependencies and even illusions.


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