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The experience of motherhood evokes powerful feelings, ranging from joy and bonding to anger and rejection. If we can develop a conscious relationship with these feelings, we meet both denied aspects of ourselves\u2014our shadows\u2014and experience the pleasures and enrichment of mothering that serve the individuation process.\xa0

You can learn more about Lisa's work on motherhood here.\xa0

The Dream:

I was visiting the home of a friend who doesn\u2019t exist in the real world. She lives with her mother in a house near woods in another state. She\u2019s very talkative and a good friend but is ill and can\u2019t work. We hung around the house and laughed and talked, can\u2019t recall what about\u2014shared history, I guess. I was sure this was not my first visit and we\u2019ve known each other a long time. To stress again, the person in the dream is nobody I\u2019ve ever met in real life. We connected well but I had to go. I wanted to call her but didn\u2019t have a phone number. She said she would email me. I woke with a sense of confusion that my friend didn\u2019t actually exist.