James Ballantyne

Journey

  • The Breadcrumbing tactic

    One of the confusing things about growing up and living with someone who is emotionally abusive (and this also applies to physically abusive too), is that they are rarely abusive all the time. Some people are, and that id learned… Continue reading

    The Breadcrumbing tactic

  • The struggle to ‘do’ my own healing work

    One of the hardest things for me about rebuilding after trauma is to do it. Its not a linear thing, but I find it fascinating that what I needed in the midst of dealing the traumatic situations was a calm… Continue reading

    The struggle to ‘do’ my own healing work

  • Healing of wounded history : A Prayer

    A beautiful blessing on the healing of wounded history ( from John O’Donahue) , that I saw share by Andy Raine and wanted to post here as a gift and reminder to myself. For Someone Awakening To The Trauma of… Continue reading

  • Healing: as we slow down

    When you are so busy that you feel perpetually chased when your worrying thoughts circle around your head when the future seems dark and uncertain when you are hurt by someone has said Slow down Even for a moment. What… Continue reading

  • Healing is like an iron clad onion

    The first layer is the toughest to crack. It took something major for me, it might do for you To admit, finally. To creak open that iron clad exterior That protector. That protective layer. That thing you’ve been using to… Continue reading

  • Growing though Trauma (personally and collectively)

    In my last piece I shared a little about how we love ourselves through healing, what it means to be kind on ourselves, as we do so, forgiving our missteps, not over dwelling on the tiny attempts to try that… Continue reading

    Growing though Trauma (personally and collectively)