Complicated family trees and a glimpse of healing (and a preview of new song, "My Tree")

What if some of the best parts of us come from a branch of the family tree we'd least expect them to, or even don't want them to? Are we willing to break up the cloud we've placed them behind to shine a bit of the light of understanding if it means more freedom for our own hearts, more healing?  What if they have/had so many of the characteristics you have, but yours were just nurtured differently because of the time and place you were born, who raised you, and, of course, decisions you made along the way about self-care and self-knowledge.

In the video below, I talk about a discovery I had recently about this very thing concerning one of my family members and there's also a little taste of my original song, "My Tree", at the end of the video. It's a song about my family tree and the deep mystery that lies within each of our lineages...so many people we've never met that may have shared the same smile or moved their hands in the same way. It's fascinating to think about the heaping cups full of mystery that go into the exquisite recipe of who we have become.

I just want to note that I am not claiming to have the answers of how to heal from a very direct and traumatic family relationship, but if this personal experience of my own healing offers some glimpse of healing for you in some way, I offer it to you. If you find it to be not relevant to your healing path, please discard it. I wish you all the very best on your unique journey of healing and don't wish to disrupt that in any way. Thanks for stopping by to listen to my story and hear a bit of one of my new songs. It's a sacred thing to bear witness to one another's stories and I appreciate you taking the time to bear witness to a bit of mine. Much love to you, beautiful souls.