Merlin Tale

Each month has a specific theme—for example, mermaids, trolls, dragons, or griffins. Every mythical being has a "very first tale" written about them somewhere. Even if we don’t know if older versions exist, we work with what we find.

As children, we learned morals and life lessons from fairytale books. I will always remember the saying, "The best lessons are found within stories." 

Stories contain a lot of specific archetypes and elements.
And we humans carry all of these parts within ourselves too - and each of them wants something different.

In the 1980s, Dr. Richard Schwartz founded the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model. He stated that the human psyche is not a single monolith, but rather a system of different "parts." These parts have different needs, feelings, and ways of protecting themselves. Most importantly, he emphasized that there are no bad parts. Every part wants to protect the main system, even if its behavior seems destructive. The goal is to build a trusting relationship with each of these inner parts so they can release their extreme, stubborn behaviors and work together as a collective.

And the outside world is always a reflection of our inner world.

With each letter, a tale is included. My husband and I then interpret these stories through the lenses of archetypal forces, psychology, mythology, symbolism, and spirituality. Because if the goal is to build a trusting relationship with our parts, we first have to get to know them. We need to move beyond just knowing they exist; we need to truly experience them. We need the courage to explore these aspects of ourselves in order to integrate them.