Have you ever #caught yourself being #controlling, or snapping at someone, because you felt #scared or #powerless about something else?

We’re trained to do that. We live in a #culture that says the only way to feel #powerful is to #dominate someone else: a #boss at #work, a #partner at #home. It’s a #trauma response to a #world that makes us feel small.

Real #power isn’t power over someone. It’s power within yourself: the ability to set a #boundary, to be #vulnerable, to ask for #help. #Healing ourselves is part of healing the world.