Marili Meyer Psychologist

30/05/2025

The language of the psyche…symbol…storytelling…metaphor ✨ This is depth work🌀

28/05/2025

Trauma…the journey back to BEING and to truly know that being is everything…we are HUMAN after all 🌀

21/05/2025

My dew heart for my beloved South Africa💧

It begins with the beat of the drum—
deep, grounded, alive.
A rhythm that moves through the land,
through people, through time.

The fire burns at the center,
where stories are shared,
where laughter and pain
are passed hand to hand
like bread.

There is music in the wind,
strength in the soil,
hope in the eyes
of those who rise each morning
with the sun in their chest
and the land in their blood.

This is not just a country.
It is a feeling.
A fire.
A heartbeat.

-MM

16/05/2025

The highest form of self-love and acceptance…all about grace and compassion!

13/03/2025

I know what I really want for Christmas.
I want my childhood back.
Nobody is going to give me that. I might give at least the memory of it to myself if I try. I know it doesn't make sense, but since when is Christmas about sense, anyway? It is about a child, of long ago and far away, and it is about the child of now. In you and me. Waiting behind the door of or hearts for something wonderful to happen.
~ R Fulghum

Do you know your inner child?

05/02/2025

Maybe…just maybe, our pain or our “hell” is a gateway to our FULL and BEAUTIFUL being. We are not broken💧

29/01/2025

May the reflection of your true essence be woven into the fabric of this space, where every facet of your being is honored—not merely the parts that shine, but also the shadows that give depth to the light. In the stillness of this mirror, may you fall in love with the entirety of yourself, realizing that to truly know and accept all that you are is the beginning of becoming whole.
💧

23/01/2025

The scars of your past may have taught you to cling to those who dim your light, fearing the darkness of being alone. But as you heal, like the moon finding her fullness after a long eclipse, you understand that the real fear lies not in losing others, but in losing the essence of who you are. You are the wildflower that grows fiercely, untamed by the winds of others’ expectations. Protect your roots, nurture your own soil, and never let anyone make you forget the power you hold within.🐢

True healing begins with the bravery to prioritize yourself, refusing to let the fear of losing others dictate your worth. The real question is: will you continue to betray your own peace to keep others comfortable, or will you rise fiercely and embrace the untamed freedom of living authentically?

Tara Isis Gerris

13/01/2025

Insight 🌀
Courage ❤️
Enduring Action 👣

11/12/2024

05/12/2024

If you grew up with a depressed mother, you may be extra sensitive to negative reactions from other people, unconsciously anticipating abandonment at any mark of perceived rejection. Remember that you are no longer abandonable because you have your adult self now.

Growing up with a depressive mother can create a hypersensitivity to rejection or abandonment. If one's mother struggled with regular or consistently returning depression, it's possible that as a child, you probably experienced a rollercoaster of her emotional states. One moment your mother was seemingly well, attentive to you, listening, then the next she would be down, collapse, or reject your needs - that causes havoc in a child's psyche, who has to adapt to their mother's unpredictable , changing emotional at the drop of a hat, wiring their nervous system to never really rest in security, and subconsciously expecting others to alter their behavior towards constantly. They had to develop a constant emotional hypervigilance to scan the mood of others to assess whether they were ok and safe. When one's more was depressed, it may also mean that we had to suppress our own needs because the depression's need took up all the space and devoured the attention, like a dark hole in a home. The maternal warmth that settles the home is replaced by a cold atmosphere, an absence of spontaneity and joy, a heavy silence that ornates the home.

You are no longer the child who depends on others for survival or validation. Your adult self is here, capable of providing safety, reassurance, and unconditional support. The perceived rejection of others no longer holds the power to define your inner value or the stability of your inner world. You have what it takes within you to be the mother you did not have.

Art: Gerhard Richter.