Your Internal
Ecosystem by Wendy Ball find the word “ecosystem” to be quite evocative. When we’re speaking of different environments on our planet we want them to be healthy; we want to foster and protect rich diversity. We want to be able to visit wild places and enjoy their beauty, to re-set, to heal and regain balance in our lives.
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Our urban spaces and the communities we live in are ecosystems of a different kind. We are challenged to maintain them, or change them so they can be safe human friendly places to live. The same applies to our living spaces. De-cluttering, cleaning, taking care of broken things, can do wonders for ones sense of peace and order. And then there’s what I’d call ones internal ecosystem, ones inner environment. It is where your inner family of parts live, with respect and caring, or not. Every bit of effort I have made
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over the years to heal has helped to create safety and the ability to relax and enjoy within myself. Whatever time I have spent developing interests and creative pursuits has built an inner environment which nourishes, inspires, and brings me pleasure. The boundaries I set regarding people, influences and types of stimulation are important gate-keepers, keeping my internal environment a good place to be, a place where I can connect with my deepest self and make wise decisions that are anchored in awareness of what I value, of what is important to me. It is the first quarter of 2020 and likely you have noticed that this is turning out to be an extraordinary year full of change and challenge, and for most, stress and insecurity. Politically and economically we seem to be on the brink, of what exactly it is hard to say. It’s a recipe for fear-based reactive thinking and behavior. It is hard to know who to trust to give us reliable information. There’s a new virus afoot. How concerned should we be? The
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