F.O.O.E. (Family of Origin Experience)

Have you ever given any thought to why you do things the way you do, or say the things that you say ? Sometimes we do the same things that our parents did when we were growing up - BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE KNOW BEST.

This can be a great thing if our parents (or the people that raised us) were awesome, well-adjusted people.

Maybe not such a great thing if Mom or Dad didn’t really have much knowledge about how to create a functional family unit.

We are all molded in one way or another by those who raised us - some of us wanted to be just like Mom or Dad, and some wanted to be the total opposite! My father chose the latter path and became the loving husband and father that my grand-father wasn’t.

All is not lost if you are haunted by not-so-great Family of Origin Experiences - at any time, you can choose to leave the bad stuff behind and grab onto new ways of living !