The Dynamics Of Family Food

The timing of the summer ORM cycle has hit my life with spot-on accuracy for the first two weeks, and I remain in awe of the lessons that come to me everyday just by remaining present to this thought practice. This year the Fourth of July was the first day of Food Week and with everything I have on my plate, I don’t see this week drifting far from the intended course either! Food Week takes an objective look at the ways we have and have not been nourished in our lives. If we examine this question from four separate perspectives (emotional, spiritual, mental and physical), we can begin/continue to recognize and untangle the roots of the deep places which exist at the heart of where we each get personally triggered. Identification of our individual wounds, the ones that began early in our lives (maybe even before we were born) is the first step in clearing the space around those roots so they can breathe. In an ego-based attempt to keep us ‘safe’, we develop behaviors to cover our vulnerabilities so that they are hidden from others. Keeping us safe often equates to keeping us separate, and feeling separate often depletes the energy stores that help us feel nourished in ways that aren’t just physical.

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