Here is a guided visualization to help you welcome previously neglected or forbidden emotions and dialogue with them. What emotions were neglected or forbidden in your family of origin? If you have a pen and paper handy, you might list those that come to mind immediately. Reflecting on your life now, what emotions feel less acceptable to you and what emotions do you hardly ever express? What emotions in others do you find yourself making negative judgments about? You may wish to add some of these to the list What effect, if any, do you feel these patterns might have on your relationships? The text for this visualisation was drawn from Reflection 9: Behind the screen emotions, in the book, The Life of Love: An Invitation – Fifty-two Reflections on Emotional and Spiritual Healing, by Sharon Southwell. Many thanks to Borrtex for the theme music from ‘She’s a Gift’.