Abstract
This article offers an exploration and expansion of Emily Ruppert’s (2017) article “Rebels and Sweethearts,” which appears in this issue of the Transactional Analysis Journal. The author describes some examples from his own personal and professional experiences of this theory in practice. He also explores more fully what Ruppert described as the Spirit with a focus on the different challenges that Rebels and Sweethearts face in expressing freedom of the Spirit.
Keywords:Rebel, Sweetheart, Spirit, adaptive styles, defense systems, games, script, belonging, aspiration, freedom