“How can I just be in the sensing of my life and the experiences that I have,
rather than having to wrestle and fight those?”
– Cindy Murray
Hoffman teacher and coach, Cindy Murray, is our guest today. Why did Cindy come to the Process? She shares a few reasons. She had been very successful in her career as a psychotherapist and educator. After suffering a traumatic brain injury, Cindy was shaken. She’d relied heavily on her intellect in her career for success. How would she move forward now with this brain injury?
Cindy also found herself “in a conundrum within.” She’d grown up in a loving home with all her needs met. Her parents didn’t discuss feelings, but they were a beautiful, loving couple. Their marriage was Cindy’s role model for relationships, one that lasted more than 50 years. Then, Cindy fell deeply in love with a woman after being married to a man for about 10 years. Suddenly, she realized she had been living the model her parents taught her, but deep within, she understood this wasn’t who she truly is.
Cindy tells us, “That’s what led me to the Process. …I knew I wanted to get to a certain place. I knew there was a place that lived within me. I just didn’t know how to get there and how to be that, because I’d get swept up in patterns. I’d get swept up in those shoulds and those shouldn’ts from childhood that were just so ingrained in me.”
During her time at the Process, Cindy reclaimed her true self and began to trust this new relationship. Now, through her work as a Hoffman Process teacher, she holds space for her students to do the same. Listen in to hear Cindy’s journey to learn how to stop wrestling and fighting so she could come to meet her life as it unfolds.
This episode references child sexual abuse and may not be suitable for all audiences. Please use your discretion.
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Hoffman Process teacher, Cindy Murray, earned a Master of Clinical Social Work from Western Michigan University and is a graduate of the clinical training program in Analytical Psychotherapy from the CG Jung Institute of Chicago.
Cindy’s own Process was pivotal in her personal growth, leading her on the path of connection and presence. As a Hoffman Process teacher, she believes in helping students to further their own deep connection with themselves and to hold presence within themselves and in the world for those they love. Cindy also teaches in the Social Work Department at Western Michigan University and volunteers for the LoveYourBrain Foundation, which empowers people with brain injury and caregivers to feel more resilient, connected, and able to lead fulfilling lives.
Originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan, Cindy currently lives in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada, near the Hoffman Canadian retreat site. She enjoys hiking and skiing in the mountains and swimming in the glacial lakes as often as she can.
