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Root Work · Mind as Medicine

The Inner Courtroom

Inside the mind, a trial is always running. No one scheduled it. No one announced it. And the verdict was rendered before the evidence came in.

How it forms

The Wound Is Not the Event

The wound is the meaning we attached to the event. The courtroom is where that meaning gets decided.

How it sustains itself — the verdicts it renders

Common verdicts — select one to examine it

Before you begin — the six-step excavation

  1. Step 1The Event
  2. Step 2The Thought
  3. Step 3The Emotion
  4. Step 4The Verdict
  5. Step 5The Root
  6. Step 6Integration

Root Work — what actually breaks the cycle

The three separations that free you

  • 01Event ≠ MeaningThe event happened. The meaning was assigned. They are two separate things — and only the meaning can be changed.
  • 02Fear ≠ FactNaming a fear is not agreeing with it. “I am unlovable” is a verdict the fear rendered — not a truth about you.
  • 03Their choices ≠ your worthHer growing world is not evidence that you lost your place in it. A verdict made in your mind was never a verdict they gave you.

Dr. Vera Holloway, CNS + CHN

Researched by Erica Ehiwe · Your Health Guide · Mind as Medicine

Educational only — not a substitute for therapy, counsel, or pastoral care. If you are working with traumatic material, please work alongside a trauma-informed therapist.

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