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Category Archives: Metta’s Articles
Living Your Personal Revolution
(inspired by Broadway’s Hamilton: An American Musical) by Metta Sweet Edge, LCSW, MAT I’m past patiently waitin’. I’m passionately smashin’ every expectation, Every action’s an act of creation! I’m laughin’ in the face of casualties and sorrow, For the first … Continue reading
Discovering the Sun of Self and Eclipsing Your Inner Critic’s Discomfort
By Metta Sweet Edge, LCSW, MAT Driving home at sunset from the beach this summer, my two-and-a-half year old son pointed West and shouted excitedly “Orange Sun! Orange Sun! Orange Sun!” over and over in delight. Clearly amazed and thrilled … Continue reading
Protecting and Preserving the Innocent One Within
By Metta Sweet Edge, LCSW Since I’ve been practicing psychotherapy, no other societal event has been so present in my clients’ sessions as the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. For the weeks following, … Continue reading
Personality Drive: A Holistic View
By Metta Sweet Edge, LCSW It’s becoming increasingly well known and accepted that thoughts, feelings, and physical experiences are interrelated and deeply inform and impact one’s daily life. For example, a single thought (“I’m running late”) almost instantaneously causes a … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Articles, Metta's Articles, Mind-body-spirit Integration
Tagged anger, Anxiety, enneagram, holistic, personality, shame, triads
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The Shadow: Misunderstood and Maligned Ally
by Metta Sweet Johnson Edge, MSW, LCSW I’ve been afraid of the dark as long as I can remember. As a child, even with my nightlight on and my sister sleeping in the room after I pleaded and bargained with … Continue reading
Posted in 2009 Articles, Dreams & The Unconscious, Metta's Articles
Tagged darkness, projections, shadow, unconscious
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