Welcome to Ghost of a Podcast. I'm your host Jessica Lignato. I'm an astrologer, psychic

medium, and animal communicator. And I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no

bullshit mystical advice for living your very best life.

Welcome back to Ghost. This week I have a question from hierarchy hater and she says,

I've always had what you would call a problem with authority. I naturally don't trust it.

I'm continuously either challenging it or becoming frustrated and paralyzed with how powerless

I feel in its face. But now that I'm in my 40s, this quirk of mine is becoming actively

destructive. It seems like now my definition of authority is rolled into one big amalgam

that somehow includes all my bosses ever, wealthy people, my aging boomer parents who really

need more compassion despite their past abuse. My therapist and medical doctor, the hierarchy

at the nonprofit where I was volunteering and every politician everywhere. I know my parents

aren't cops and that my relationship with the power these varied people have in my life

needs different perspectives and approaches, but they can feel the same these days. I know

I'm meaner and less action oriented than ever, probably because I have a fuller picture

of my own participation in harmful structures and can no longer rationally see myself as

outside of them. Any tips on how I can redirect my unbridled rage at hierarchy away from

myself and the people in my life with whom I must be in relationship and towards a calmer

and active engagement with the many ill systems of our world. Thank you for your work. Please

keep my birth info private. You can call me hierarchy hater. Okay, so this is such a

great question. Before I unpack my answer, I will say what you're describing how your

hierarchy is really common when we have incredible resentments towards all people in authority.

Over the course of time, it can end up building to a place where we ourselves become less action

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