Ep. 168 The Separate Self

The week we talk about The Separate Self. That part of you which you deem unlovable, unworthy, or bad, and then you repress and hide those qualities (from the world, and often from yourself). This is how we get split in two, and in turn, what we don’t accept in ourselves, we project onto others. We talk about how this happens in childhood, and how that Separate Self acts out in adulthood because it wants to be accepted and integrated. We talk about the role that emotions play in this process and the “three key phrases” the Separate Self always needs to hear. In order to heal the separateness in the world, we must also heal separateness inside ourselves.