Sue Monk KiddOne thing that became clear to me is that images of a divine mother are surprisingly important in the psychological wholeness of women, especially in the process of women taking up residence in their own authority.
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In her book, The Divided Self , Karen Horney talks about the split in each of us, the self-and-other part. This is what she calls “the sense of a divided self.” In other words, we have a single self that has two parts: an exterior one that is on display for others to see and an interior one that is on display only for ourselves and which shapes and guides our decisions and actions. When we feel comfortable with our own selves and trust our inner voices, we can let go of the outer part of ourselves and be at peace with both of these parts.
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