The Confusion of the Fear Response

The Confusion of the Fear Response

This past week, I have been inundated with fear.  This isn’t the fear from my inner children like you might think.  This is a fear coming from my defenders.  They are terrified of the repercussions of my latest actions.  They believe I am “too big for my britches” (my...
Getting Out of My Way

Getting Out of My Way

Lately, I have been inundated with confusion.  This is normally a sign that I am considering change.  But I am not considering change in my conscious mind.  I don’t understand it in my conscious mind.  I am not in charge of it.  It is something happening on an...
My 7 Favorite Defenses

My 7 Favorite Defenses

Hello everyone. This is the Inner Defender here. I sometimes go by Beth, but defender, protector and all sorts of relatively derogatory names have been used. Some days I mind. Some days I don’t. I like to keep it as inconsistent as possible. That really gets under...