This time of year we all experience endings and we hope for new beginnings. We ambitiously make New Years resolutions but do we really believe in second chances? Read on and find some inspiration from my favorite children’s story.
What is Beyond Broken?
Beyond Broken is a methodology of personal healing developed by Wendy Hubbard over the last 20 years. It utilizes the tools from trauma work, adult attachment, Hellinger Family Constellation work and Pathwork®.
Most people I get to know well have a secret (or sometimes not so secret) place inside of them that feels broken. This place makes them feel different from others, isolated and lonely. It is also their safe haven when the world is harsh or circumstances are challenging. They can withdraw into this broken place. It is soothing in its familiarity.
Beyond Broken is a set of small steps in which we examine ourselves honestly and acknowledge our broken places. With this freedom, others appear broken too, and we feel less alone, more normal. We all are broken to some extent. This connects us. Beyond Broken is not about getting beyond our brokenness by leaving it behind. It is about claiming it, being a kind and compassionate witness to how it happened to us. There is great healing power in being able to say, “This really happened to me and I come by my brokenness honestly.” Seeing our past, with its broken hearted elements is the first step. Then we can see our flaws or challenges in life as a direct result of what happened to us, giving us insight into the clear cause and effect in an otherwise chaotic seeming narrative....
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Most people I get to know well have a secret (or sometimes not so secret) place inside of them that feels broken. This place makes them feel different from others, isolated and lonely. It is also their safe haven when the world is harsh or circumstances are challenging. They can withdraw into this broken place. It is soothing in its familiarity.
Beyond Broken is a set of small steps in which we examine ourselves honestly and acknowledge our broken places. With this freedom, others appear broken too, and we feel less alone, more normal. We all are broken to some extent. This connects us. Beyond Broken is not about getting beyond our brokenness by leaving it behind. It is about claiming it, being a kind and compassionate witness to how it happened to us. There is great healing power in being able to say, “This really happened to me and I come by my brokenness honestly.” Seeing our past, with its broken hearted elements is the first step. Then we can see our flaws or challenges in life as a direct result of what happened to us, giving us insight into the clear cause and effect in an otherwise chaotic seeming narrative....
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