*Especially helpful for the holiday season*
Mirko Betz once said in a (German) interview with Felix van Frieden something along the lines of
“If you think you are enlightened, spend some time with your family.” (Translated by moi.)
Hands up who can relate!
It certainly is true for me.
Somehow, our families just manage to push our buttons like no one else.
It’s like they have an entire remote control with buttons that have your name on them.
For me, that’s especially true with my brother.
He used to REALLY PUSH my buttons. Like big time.
He would drive me up the wall as soon as he started speaking.
It frustrated the hell out of me.
Until I came across some invaluable nuggets of wisdom thanks to the author and former horse trainer Ren Hurst:
1. If you have a strong emotional reaction to something, it means you are being triggered.
2. Your triggers are your responsibility and no one else’s.
3. Each trigger is an enormous learning opportunity for your soul growth.
This, hands down, might have been the most empowering thing I’ve ever heard.
And it’s also what White Hedgehog from my The Return of the White Animals oracle is all about – with his pokey little spikes, representing all the things that might push your buttons.
Here’s what I wrote about him in the guidebook accompanying the oracle:
“When you have a strong emotional reaction to something, you can be sure you are being triggered.
It might feel like someone else is doing something to you and as if you are the victim of that situation.
But White Hedgehog is here to remind you that your triggers are your responsibility and no one else’s.
They are a reflection of your old wounds that wish to be healed.
White Hedgehog invites you to welcome any triggers coming your way as powerful learning opportunities and inspect them with the utmost curiosity and gratitude.
Flipping the switch from a victim mentality to accountability may be the most empowering thing you will ever do.”
If you are ready to dissolve your triggers and work more deeply with White Hedgehog and 40 + other lovingly illustrated White Animals, order your copy of The Return of the White Animals now:
Or do you need a last-minute Christmas gift?
It obviously won't get to you in time for Christmas (since today is the 24th of December), but you could always write the person a voucher for an oracle deck and give it to them later. Still an excellent present in my eyes, if you ask me.
Love and Merry trigger-embracing Christmas,
Katharina
♡
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