When you say: “It is storming inside me.” You have a lot on your mind and probably you have feelings of not being in control, impatience, anxiety or even anger. How to deal with this?

In this blog I show you how to deal with it in an archetypal way. Because what you actually say in this case, is that your Inner Archetypal Storm is dominant and mayby even taking over.

Like any other archetype, also the Archetypal Storm is in basic neutral. It has a light and a shadow side. Although we will most of the time recognize this archetype in us, when it shows its shadow side.

Light and Shadow side of the Storm

The light side of this Archetypal Storm is that it shakes things up inside you and it cleans some inner mess in the corners of your inner mind and body. Things you weren’t probably aware of, but that were stuck or that kept you from living your full potential. This inside mess can be anything: a relationship with someone, a commitment you’ve made, a situation you are in at this moment.

The shadow side of this archetype is that if your Inner Storm takes over, it will probably destroy things of value for you. A relationship, initiatives you wanted to take, solutions for a problem you have.

This Storm is caused inside not outside you

 

So when you sense that inside you a Storm is raging, try to stand still and don’t act upon it. Examine what caused this Storm exactly?

Most of the time your Inner Storm is activated by something or someone outside you. Something that was or wasn’t said or done. Something you didn’t like at all. But this ‘something’ didn’t cause the Storm in you. It just triggered some old pain inside you and that old pain activates your Inner Archetypal Storm.

So when your Inner Archetypal Storm is dominating your behaviour, be aware that the cause for that isn’t outside you, but inside yourself. So you have the key to silence it in your own hands…..

Magic Spell to Silence the Storm

This might not feel like you have the key yourself. Because the overwhelming feelings of being wronged by the other will be very intens. But these are feelings that come together with the dominancy of your Inner Storm. So what will help, is that you try to find that personal key, or better said the ‘personal magic spell’ to silence this Storm within yourself. Therefore you need to stand still, because in the middle of a Storm we won’t have a clue what that magic spell might be.

These magic spells are personal, by definition. They’ll differ from one to another. In order to find your own, you need to go back to that moment your Inner Storm started this time. What was the trigger exactly? What was said or done that hurt you. Try to find the exact words or actions someone said or did, that activated your Inner Storm.

Go Back in Time

When you’ve found the exact words or actions, go back in time. Think for yourself when was the first time in my life, that I remember of, I had this same feeling or when I was in a similar situation. What happened back then exactly? Was that the moment this inner old pain starte? Or is there even a moment before that? Try to go back as far as possible, as long as you remember.

If you have found a similar situation in your past, ask yourself the following question: “With the knowledge you have now, what would you have done differently in that moment back in time? What lesson can you learn from that old situation, that might help you now?

Inner Wisdom

Big chance this question will give you an insight that helps you now to rebalance your Archetypal Storm, without destroying things of value around you. And when it is silenced you will feel fresh and tidy. Some messy corner inside you has been cleaned up. Thanks to your Archetypal Storm that came along.

Need some help to clean up? Contact me. We can arrange a coaching session, both life or online, depending on where you live.

Netherlands, December 2024