David Emerald WomeldorffYour life is a kind of laboratory where you're constantly experimenting with your own higher knowing, always increasing your capacity to design the life you choose. Human beings m… ▶374HumanityLife
David Emerald WomeldorffA Creator is vision-focused and passion-motivated. To really live into your Creator self, you are called to do the inner work necessary to find your own sense of purpose-whatever … ▶322LovePhilosophy
David Emerald WomeldorffA Rescuer isn't always a person. Addictions to alcohol or drugs, sexual addiction, workaholism-all the ways we numb out-can rescue the Victim from feeling his or her own feelings.377Sadness
David Emerald WomeldorffThese people are often authoritarian and rigid in their views, exerting power over others in an effort to keep others from having power over them. Persecutors may act grandiose an… ▶305HumanityPolitics
David Emerald WomeldorffThe way you create any outcome in your life is to hold the vision of your deepest desires. At the same time, though, you must honestly and accurately assess your current situation… ▶305LifePoliticsTime
David Emerald WomeldorffTED-The Empowerment Dynamic-counteracts the poison of DDT, the Dreaded Dram Triangle. TED is the antidote for DDT.295PoliticsReading
David Emerald WomeldorffPersecutors are almost always former Victims.329Humor
David Emerald WomeldorffLiving from the Creator Orientation is actually more challenging. In the Victim Orientation, I didn't have to exercise conscious choice; I just reacted to my circumstances.3010Life
David Emerald WomeldorffWhatever I hold in my mind tends to manifest itself in my life. What we believe and assume creates most of our reality and our experience.201LifeThoughtTruth
David Emerald WomeldorffFrozen in fear, you avoid responsibility because you think your experience is beyond your control. This stance keeps you from making decisions, solving problems, or going after wh… ▶201LifeThought
David Emerald WomeldorffThe way you talk about yourself and your life-your story-has a great deal to do with what shows up in your day-to-day experience. Your thoughts create filters through which you vi… ▶269LifePoliticsThought
David Emerald WomeldorffGive yourself the gift of time in coming to answers for your life...It takes time, and a lot of introspection and soul-searching, to get clear about what you really want to manife… ▶192LifeTime
David Emerald WomeldorffSome of the steps you take may end up being detours or out-and-out mistakes. By staying focused on your vision, though, you'll find even those steps useful in the creating process.237Philosophy
David Emerald WomeldorffAll of life's experiences are teachers in some sense, challenging us to grow and evolve. Although the Persecutor certainly provokes a reaction, the Challenger elicits a response b… ▶172Life
David Emerald WomeldorffEvery Victim requires a Persecutor. But the Persecutor isn't always necessarily a person. The Persecutor could also be a condition or a circumstance. A persecuting condition might… ▶239Love
David Emerald WomeldorffPersecutors, like Victims, act out of fear. The may seem fearless, but actually Persecutors are almost always former Victims.2410Politics
David Emerald WomeldorffAll victims have experienced a loss-a thwarted desire or aspiration-even if they're not aware of it.2310Life
David Emerald WomeldorffPersecutors fear loss of control. Rescuers fear loss of purpose. Rescuers need Victims-someone to protect or fix-to bolster their self-esteem.164Humor
David Emerald WomeldorffWhen you inhabit any of these three roles, you're reacting to fear of victimhood, loss of control, or loss of purpose. You're always looking outside yourself, to the people and ci… ▶153HumanityLife
David Emerald WomeldorffThe focus in the Creator Orientation is on a Vision or an Outcome. You orient your thoughts and actions toward creating what you most deeply want to see or experience in life.2210LifeThought
David Emerald WomeldorffThe Coach is the antidote to the Victim's Rescuer in the DDT...Mainly, a Coach supports, assists, and facilitates the Creator in manifesting a desired outcome. A Coach holds other… ▶168Life
David Emerald WomeldorffVictims may be defensive, submissive, over-accommodating to others, passive-aggressive in conflict, dependent on others for self-worth, overly sensitive, even manipulative. They'r… ▶1510Death