Healing
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 20) Turning up to school, with blood on my hands
(TW, Self Harm) There was blood on my hands every day I was in Primary school. No scars of the pain of abuse, apart from my own. Torn away skin On the top of my fingers. Every day pain. Squeeze… Continue reading
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Facing up to the Male Crisis
I have been reading ‘The Courage of Hopelessness’ by Slavoj Zizek (2017) , its a hard read but an interesting one. He tackles some interesting subjects , ranging from Brexit, The EU and in his last two chapters the responses… Continue reading
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On being a Man, and ‘Man Enough’ : I quite liked this
Over the last few weeks, because of a combination of some self-realisations, and also being under the weather with ‘the worst cold in history‘ I have been watching TED talks, and you know me, ive not been attracted to the… Continue reading
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Fake grass and our emotional well being
I grew up with a small understanding of tools. My Dad was, and still is, a very practical man, the shed and garage was full of saw, drills, spanners, screwdrivers, bits of wood, metal, nails, screws, pipes, plastic, levers, sawdust..loads… Continue reading
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On Praise of the Men who
On Parise of the men who are trying to keep it together men, The staying strong for others men, The ones about to break men, The ones whose needs come second, third or fourth, The men who dont lash out… Continue reading
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On Shame, Vulnerability and Faith – the experience of women – a conversation to listen and learn from
Two of my last posts have been about Shame and Vulnerability, and in particular the areas of shame that may be more prevalent in Men, given societal expectations. So theres Shame that men feel. Theres also Shame that men create… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 