Support integration in our children and ourselves.

Without integration, we can get stuck. These seemingly unrelated, unwoven bits and pieces of experiences keep interfering - putting limits on emotional growth, thinking, and learning.

What can we do?​

This means two things:  the right and left sides of the brain connect images and emotions with symbols and structure; 
and, the upper and lower parts of 
the brain connect rational thoughts 
and conscious memory with emotional reactions and unconscious memory.

 When an experience isn't woven in, it can

 may demand to be seen or heard at anytime,

stand out in a very LOUD way. It

and can be quite annoying.

Why?

Pieces of previously unwoven experiences (thrums) 
​are present in the current moment, hoping to be woven in.

The bottom line is this, when integration occurs, things make sense. When integration doesn't happen, things get confusing.

 A smell, a sound, almost anything, can trigger parts of an “unwoven experience.” This can lead to reactions in the current moment that do not make a lot of sense. In essence we are not only reacting to the current moment, but also to what was left unwoven.

We may have strong emotions attached to these experiences, positive or negative. However, in either case, if these experiences make sense, then they will likely become woven in.

Not everything happens outside of our awareness. There are those things of which we are consciously aware; things that stand out for different reasons.

There are always things going on in your body and brain of which you are not consciously aware.

When I use the phrase, "the daily fabric of our experiences," I'm talking about this automatic 
weaving together. It can also be 
called integration.

Our experiences become part of us, woven into 
our lives daily. This weaving together can occur without our conscious awareness. It just happens.