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relationship with our own power.  In the               of choice.  The child looks for others
        light expression, we empower ourselves to  approval and gains its sense of self from

        set strong boundaries, live in alignment               the outer world.
        with our truth, and come to know our

        self-worth.  In the shadow expression,                 The victim within us feels as though life
                  we disempower ourselves,                     is happening to us rather than for us.  We
                        sabotage our truth, allow              get caught in blame, self-pity, and defeat,

                            boundaries to be crossed,  causing us to engage in self-soothing
                               and diminish our self-          rather than empowered self-care.  The

                                  worth.                       victim gives its power away and is often
                                                               looking to be rescued.
                                     The healing

                                      journey for most is  The saboteur within us sabotages out
                                      about reclaiming         of fear.  We are often afraid of our own

                                      the power that           empowerment, afraid of our potential,
                                      we have given            or afraid of a certain truth or reality that
                                      away through             we don’t want to face.  We sabotage as a

                                     these survival            means of ensuring safety, security, and
                                    archetypes.  Where         attach to what is comfortable and familiar.

                                  we give our power
                                away is where we give          The prostitute within us compromises
                             our energy away.  As we           ourselves.  We compromise our values,

                         begin to reclaim our power,           our integrity, and our self-worth for
                    we begin to reclaim our energy             security purposes.  We may stay in a

          and vitality.  We slowly learn how to                job we don’t enjoy because of financial
        claim the gifts, talents, and wonders of our  security.  We may stay in a relationship
        inner child rather than remain childish,               we don’t enjoy for emotional security.  As

        outsourcing self-responsibility.  We learn             we strive to ensure physical survival, we
        how to embody the victim archetype                     compromise our ability to heal and thrive.

        through setting strong boundaries.  We
        learn how to empower the saboteur with a  To heal on an archetypal level, we need to
        connection to our highest truth.  We learn             review our old contracts. What was the

        how to support the prostitute by knowing               old contract of your inner child? What
        our self-worth.                                        was your inner child’s survival strategy,

                                                               and who did you have to be to feel safe
        More often than not, it is these survival              and connected? How is this informing
        archetypes that create roadblocks on our  your current relationships? What are the

        healing journey.  The child within us                  things in life that have power over you,
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