Chani Nicholas

And so now I'm in the process of a little bit with this book and writing other things that are much more explicit so that I can also dismantle the monster under the bed of my own life and be like, it's okay. Like these scary things happen. They don't have power over me because also they weren't personal.

And now I can put it into a context of my life as it is now, because there's been a bridge to somewhere else. So it's, I think really important to know where we are and like what skills we have. to fall back on or coping mechanisms to work through the major backlash that is going to happen within when you do something that is against the grain of what you were taught.

And now I can put it into a context of my life as it is now, because there's been a bridge to somewhere else. So it's, I think really important to know where we are and like what skills we have. to fall back on or coping mechanisms to work through the major backlash that is going to happen within when you do something that is against the grain of what you were taught.

And now I can put it into a context of my life as it is now, because there's been a bridge to somewhere else. So it's, I think really important to know where we are and like what skills we have. to fall back on or coping mechanisms to work through the major backlash that is going to happen within when you do something that is against the grain of what you were taught.

Because I grew up around a lot of drug dealers. And the number one thing is you don't talk about it. It is a secret. The cops will come and take everyone away that you love. So you are like, absolutely not. No one can know. So to say that publicly as an adult, my little kid part is like, what are you doing?

Because I grew up around a lot of drug dealers. And the number one thing is you don't talk about it. It is a secret. The cops will come and take everyone away that you love. So you are like, absolutely not. No one can know. So to say that publicly as an adult, my little kid part is like, what are you doing?

Because I grew up around a lot of drug dealers. And the number one thing is you don't talk about it. It is a secret. The cops will come and take everyone away that you love. So you are like, absolutely not. No one can know. So to say that publicly as an adult, my little kid part is like, what are you doing?

And so any kind of secret that you've held as a child, once you put that out as an adult, you got to like reparent that little kid part and do all that work to tend to all those parts that are like, you just broke all the rules. I don't know what to say.

And so any kind of secret that you've held as a child, once you put that out as an adult, you got to like reparent that little kid part and do all that work to tend to all those parts that are like, you just broke all the rules. I don't know what to say.

And so any kind of secret that you've held as a child, once you put that out as an adult, you got to like reparent that little kid part and do all that work to tend to all those parts that are like, you just broke all the rules. I don't know what to say.

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Yeah. You hold your own hand. Yeah. You befriend that part that is terrified and was too young to be handling the situation that you were in. And therefore you, created coping mechanisms and parts of self that would come in and do the protective stuff that no one else was going to do for you. And befriending all those parts is, I think, really key.

Yeah. You hold your own hand. Yeah. You befriend that part that is terrified and was too young to be handling the situation that you were in. And therefore you, created coping mechanisms and parts of self that would come in and do the protective stuff that no one else was going to do for you. And befriending all those parts is, I think, really key.

Yeah. You hold your own hand. Yeah. You befriend that part that is terrified and was too young to be handling the situation that you were in. And therefore you, created coping mechanisms and parts of self that would come in and do the protective stuff that no one else was going to do for you. And befriending all those parts is, I think, really key.

It was like something was erupting in me. I had reengaged with the part of me that is... is really like more radical. One of the great things that I got from my childhood is I grew up around and inside of like hippie culture 101. And I know how to live on the outskirts.

It was like something was erupting in me. I had reengaged with the part of me that is... is really like more radical. One of the great things that I got from my childhood is I grew up around and inside of like hippie culture 101. And I know how to live on the outskirts.

It was like something was erupting in me. I had reengaged with the part of me that is... is really like more radical. One of the great things that I got from my childhood is I grew up around and inside of like hippie culture 101. And I know how to live on the outskirts.

It's part of the reason why I wanted to try to living on the inside, but like to live outside of societal norms is really comfortable for me, it turns out. And it's something great about my childhood. And I was re-engaging with that part of myself because it had kind of gone dormant for a while.