the link between family dinner and depression

Children test with the trivial before they come with the tough.

What happens if there is no trivial?

no forum to even experiment with airing the dirty laundry?

it can be assumed that there is no capacity or skillset to assist in times of need, and therefore it should be suppressed.

it should be avoided, distracted from and re-narrated.

not only does that stay in the system as adrenalin and cortisol, but it is tagged as a disempowering experience of not being able to overcome something either alone or with the social buffering of our tribe.

we are tribal creatures after all and nobody ‘raises themselves’.

a novel, and primal solution is communal meals.

family meals 3-4 per week is correlated with lower rates of obesity, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, depression, eating disorders and is associated with higher self esteem and better academic performance.

hearing ‘that’s understandable’ “we’ll help you through this’ ‘i believe in you’ are not vibrations in the air stimulating an eardrum, they are life jackets, armour and weapons against a demanding and confusing world.

we’ll be discussing this within 3 abandonment protocol at the upcoming “other side of anxiety” retreat 14-15 sepetember. details in the usual place.

to your healing 💙,

Jas