The One Question You Need to Understand Who You Are

  • The key question to understand who you are: 'What did I need to do in childhood to win the support and approval of my parents?'
  • Subsidiary inquiries: 'To please my father/mother, I needed to...'
  • Understanding the 'commands' or expectations from our family.
  • Recognizing how these expectations shape our attitudes and outlooks.
  • Auditing these conditions of acceptance to understand their current impact on our lives.
  • Reflecting on how much we are still influenced by the 'laws' of our family.

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