10/31/2025
Have fun with your kiddos and costumes and be safe out there!
In TCM, the emotion fear belongs to the Kidneys and it causes the energy to descend. This time of year, we enjoy evoking fear through haunted houses, scary movies, and spooky costumes....
Maybe, experiencing fear while knowing we are safe helps to prevent us from becoming overly afraid? Maybe, by stimulating fear parallel to the joy and laughter that often follows, we become brave. ..
Halloween celebrations provide a way to work through our fear of death and other life transitions by having fun with the themes of death, ghosts, and graveyards. This practice helps us to acknowledge that we have fears that cannot be seen, and strengthens our will to continue into the unknown. .
Seen this way, candy and fun become a positive reinforcement for conquering our fears.
Plus, but we get to be creative with our costumes, and maybe even let out a little bit of our mischievous side as we declare "trick or treat?"
