My Steel Wall

or dismantling the guard for a chair

I wrote in a previous Substack, Recognizing Fear, that after reading Gavin de Becker’s book The Gift of Fear, I embarked on a quest to unearth past traumas to find out if my instincts showed up. If so, I listened to what they were saying and learned from how I responded. In essence, I set out to train myself to trust myself by delving into my memories. …