Sep 27, 2020 in Life Coaching

Connect with your Lungs through Harry Potter - A way to heal from anxiety, grief, fear of loss

Autumn has begun, trees will let go of their leaves, and Halloween is coming…

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How do I fix a marriage after cheating??

My husband of 5 years has cheated on me. I'm heartbroken. Can I fix our marriage?? Is there hope for us?? Will things get better? Please help

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Caligirl

6 Jun

Am I over reacting? Am I the one in the wrong no him

Ok I've been with my boyfriend for 3 years now and he denied cheating on me but everything points to the opposite he's gone to spend the night with his baby moma and her kids in a hotel he rated me put to her when I called the cops on her for her vandalizing my car he would defend her when I would bring thing up about her and he has a video of her playing with her self am I wrong for being mad?

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Huttslady

6 Jun

Help

We both have insecurities and trust issues due to past relationships... So, there's the back and forth accusations, yelling, name calling, etc. We are both extremely jealous and have no communication skills. We love each other but sometimes Love isn't enough to make someone understand that you aren't going to hurt them. How can we help each other overcome these issues?

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Caligirl

8 Jun

Idk what to do

My boyfriend and I have been fighting because he found some old messages that I had when we started going out, the messages are not bad the conversations where just like hi and bye kind of thing but because I told him I wasn't talking to anyone he's mad but da whole time he was still hanging out with his baby momma behind my back and he would delete all his messages to her so I wouldn't see them

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Ashleigh

5 Jun

Lost and confused at a crossroads

My boyfriend and I have been together for seven years now. We have had a very tumultuous relationship both of us have hurt each other very much on each parts. But he’s done a lot more wrong it has no accountability. But my question is how do you handle it because anytime I try to talk to him about anything he automatically yells at me, deflects, accuse me of cheating. How do you go about handling

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Diya Singh

6 Jun

How can I get my teen to confide in me

I've been trying to get my son to confide in me about why he is feeling so depressed. He is 15 years old and a very good teen but have no idea why he is so withdrawn and quiet. Please help me I cant bear to see him like this

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Mommy22

6 Jun

What do I do?

I'm not sure what to do. Recently separated mom with 2 young girls and pregnant with my 3rd.

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John Hayward

6 Jun

I took my son's Ipad away because I'm at my wit's end with him.

He is so addicted and doesn’t want to do anything else. Can anyone tell me whether I did the right thing or am I being too harsh?

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Martha Diaz

8 Jun

Shared custody

It's 3 y I divorced and we have shared custody of 2 lovely kids. Any advice on how to make them understand that divorced parents is ok?

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Christie

8 Jun

What should I do?

My son is acting out in school and giving people the middle finger and running around and hitting when he is restrained and he also has speech apraxia and may have ADHD

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Autumn has begun, trees will let go of their leaves, and Halloween is coming…

So I take this opportunity to honour that mysterious season and its associated organ, the Lung.

There is especially one thing I enjoy doing during Autumn: re-watching Harry Potter movies. It is something instinctive for me, but there’s actually a reason behind it.

In fact, all stories that teach you to appreciate mysteries of the past, accepting ancestor’s legacy, seems to have a specific action on the Lungs system.

The most emblematic “Lung’s story” is Harry Potter (JK Rowling). But I can cite also The Golden Compass (Philipp Pullman), The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), Indiana Jones, Tomb raider (video game and movie), and many others.

Harry Potter is particularly emblematic because it has clearly been written as a way to heal from the suffering of the past (especially the death of JK Rowling’s mother).
In fact, letting go, grieving for a loss, are characteristics of the Lungs, and there is no greatest loss than death. I remember when looking at JK Rowling’s interviews, I was struk noticing some sadness on her face, even though she was smiling.

Interestingly, in the Catholic religion, Autumn is also the period where we celebrate all saints and dead people. In the Celtic religion, there was also a similar celebration that later became what we call now Halloween. This celebration was marking the passage between the past year and the new year, so the day of Halloween was thought to be a day where time stops still, like between two breaths…

The thematic of death is always present in Harry Potter. For example, in the world of Harry Potter, it is natural to live among ghosts, spiders, and other creatures associated to the past (“time’s death”), myths of the past, or even death.

But the genius of JK Rowling has been to transform this gloomy and stifly/oppressing environment into something where love/life can thrive anyway. This allows her to heal from her suffering, or to “reborn from the ashes” (the meaning of accepting legacy), like Dumbledore's phoenix.

I like to see Harry Potter and his greatest enemy (I can’t pronounce the name) as the two sides of JK Rowling, fighting with each other :
- one trying to defeat death by accepting it (accepting the legacy of his dead parents, and then his self-sacrifice),
- and the other trying to defeat death by not accepting it (looking for a way to survive with horcruxes, then the elixir of life with the philosopher’s stone, the deathly hallows, etc.)

And you, in this autumn, do you feel oppressed or the need to let go of something ?

Cheers!

P.S.: Funny coincidence, the name of Harry Potter’s mother is Lily, a flower and famous Lung’s remedy in Chinese medicine.