Self awareness
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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 of sawdust and grime , my Dad was a self employed Plumber and heating engineer,…
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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 or damage. The men who listen and ask, The men who say, sorry and Ill…
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Sometimes I think about what my 42 year old self might want to say to my 8 year old self, or my 16 year old self, or the 28 year old? Sometimes I wonder what I feel about the 8 year old, or 16 year old, 28 or 42 year old? Sometimes I wonder if…
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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 – that Women feel, that women carry and hide that affects them. In the industries…
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Ive got to admit I didn’t really want to like Brene Brown. Her name had been banded around for quite a few years, usually by the phenomenal women that I know…and on the ever shared many internet memes and quotes, there probably isnt a week that goes by when a Brene Brown quotation hasn’t crossed…
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I took a while to do this. A very long time in fact, because I had conditioned myself to numb the pain, to survive and also that I had only my own resources to get through things. You might imagine, that in having supportive parents you might find there shame in getting to the point…
James Ballantyne 