Summary of Caroline Myss's Why People Don't Heal and How They Can

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#1 In 1988, I went to the Findhorn Community in Scotland to teach a healing workshop. During lunch, I met Mary, a member of the community, who was there to attend an incest support group. She said she would never miss her incest support group meeting on June eighth.

#2 When we define ourselves by our wounds, we burden and lose our physical and spiritual energy. We open ourselves to the risk of illness.

#3 I began to see that the language of woundology was spoken outside Findhorn. People were confusing the therapeutic value of self-expression with permission to manipulate others with their wounds.

#4 I began my work as a medical intuitive in 1983 when I became able to sense illness in others. The countless manuscripts I received about personal healing stories revealed the depth of fear people feel when facing a terminal illness, but many of the stories also revealed the power of the human spirit to catalyze a healing process.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669395256

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 1988, I went to the Findhorn Community in Scotland to teach a healing workshop. During lunch, I met Mary, a member of the community, who was there to attend an incest support group. She said she would never miss her incest support group meeting on June eighth.

#2

When we define ourselves by our wounds, we burden and lose our physical and spiritual energy. We open ourselves to the risk of illness.

#3

I began to see that the language of woundology was spoken outside Findhorn. People were confusing the therapeutic value of self-expression with permission to manipulate others with their wounds.

#4

I began my work as a medical intuitive in 1983 when I became able to sense illness in others. The countless manuscripts I received about personal healing stories revealed the depth of fear people feel when facing a terminal illness, but many of the stories also revealed the power of the human spirit to catalyze a healing process.

#5

The therapeutic age gave birth to a new dimension of thought: the inner world behind our eyes. With each step inward that we took, new perceptions about ourselves emerged and overran the long-guarded boundaries around our emotions and psyches.

#6

The self-healers were the first group to bring hope to the rest of the group. They explained that individual efforts at self-discovery and healing were bound to pay off.

#7

In 1988, I began to see a shift in the way people were approaching their healing. They were no longer interested in just healing, but in why they weren’t healing. They had tried many different healing methods, but they still weren’t healing.

#8

Woundology is the new language of intimacy. It is the sharing of wounds that has become the new way of developing trust and understanding among people. It has become extremely addictive, and is often mistaken for romance.

#9

The soul mate relationship is based on the idea that the person you have finally found who understands your emotional pain is actually the person who has caused it. In this paradigm, pain becomes a prerequisite for remaining close to and needing one another, and healing is a positive threat to the bond.

#10

If Jane’s support group were to tell her that