Dear Sammi:

Congratulations for preparing some food for yourself yesterday. Thank you for your sentiment in your note to me. Of course what a parent tells a child sticks with the child, how can it not? When a parent (the most important person in the world for a child) tells the child “You are a Nothing”, the child doesn’t go: Hmmm, let me evaluate this statement.- no, the child believes it. And is distressed about it.

No amount of logical thinking and even accomplishments, take this belief away; only healing does, the long term healing can change such core belief.

(It could be an exercise for you, to list a few of your own core beliefs, what you believe about people and life- this could be interesting to examine!)

anita