Top ten tips from Excess Baggage by Judith Sills

 

1)      Excess baggage is a traffic jam on your developmental path.

2)      Excess baggage is a burden & blind spot.

3)      Excess baggage makes it difficult for others to love us.

4)      Excess baggage stems from our 5 ruling passions: the drive for control, self-esteem, security, attachment, and justice.

5)      Beware of the need to be right, feel superior, dread rejection, create drama, or cherish anger.

6)      Anger can be a mask for pain.

7)      A family is only as sick as its secrets.

8)      Inner development has no external measures.

9)      Polish your rough edges & lighten your load.

10)   Focus on self-awareness(what’s inside) vs. self-consciousness(what others think).