The Nearly Impossible Job of Being a Human Being

It's a tough gig this "being a human being," isn't it? Our lives start out in a way that is totally out of our control, and yet that early imprint - called childhood - is what habituates our relationship patterns and expectations for the rest of our lives. If the imprint was healthy, we pursue health by and large. If the imprint was unhealthy, dysfunctional, or even traumatic, we live out these patterns unless or until something comes along to interrupt the negative cycles. How do we change the cycles? What do we do with our past? Can we really leave the past in the past? Listen to today's episode for instructions on how to walk down memory lane and heal the broken places along the way. Being a human being isn't just about unconsciously operating on autopilot. It's about being alive in every part of our lives, past and present.