Healing
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Men; do we need to talk about guilt and shame?
It was part of my healing that some of my guilt turned to anger. When I realised that what I thought was my fault was a burden that wasn’t mine to carry As I discovered that someone else’s emotions are… Continue reading
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Learning to love myself – physically
(this post was originally posted in July 2019 on my ‘learning from the streets blog’) You know the feeling when you have an epiphany moment all out of the blue? well that was me this morning. Im aware the… Continue reading
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Emotional Abuse – why it’s like the aphids on my chilli plants
I am now in the fourth season of growing chillies, I planted the current crop from seed in January, and now 25 (sorry 24, I gave one away) plants adorn my small flat, taking up window sills and the balcony.… Continue reading
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Why my healing didn’t start at therapy
At the end of a year in which i had separated from my wife (now ex-wife) after I had left the family home to move into a friends house, with barely any money, I had a one day a week… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 