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Spring is a good time to remember that each of us was born with the right to be powerful and loving. Spring shows us the powerful fullness of life always waiting beneath. Many seeking counseling learned that being loving was OK, but being powerful wasn’t. Consequently, their power may be hidden beneath.

There’s an interesting notion developed by the Pfieffers, a counseling couple out of Chicago: The Misimprint Theory. The theory suggests that whatever dysfunction we grew up around, we seek in adult relationships.

According to the Misimprint Theory, the mind of a child growing up in chaos, or abuse, neglect, rejection or any other form of dysfunction is misimprinted with the belief that it is only in such dysfunction that love will be found.

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