Rosie was angry at the world, unhappy and fearful of people. Her way of reducing anger was to stay away from people. In fact, she was prepared to go and live in a cave with her beloved dog.

Becoming a parent is hard. While the love that we feel for our children surpasses the challenge a million times over, what a ride. At every stage there’s another challenge. Hey, you could call it the ultimate tool in self-development as it gives us every opportunity to grow.

This case study is about devastation and healing. The devastation that occurs in relationships when we don’t understand how our mind works, and how we can heal this when we have a process that teaches us how.

All Genius You stories are special but this one is particularly poignant as it involves the challenge of overcoming abuse.

This case study speaks to the Genius You principle that our raw ingredients are remarkable, it’s the way we learn how we use them that’s the problem.

There’s this thing that happens at Genius You. A process that liberates and is mind-blowingly effective at getting us what we want.

I call it defence smashing.