Self awareness
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When the battle for our mind shifts
You must control your mind Harry, don’t let Voldemort find his way in to control you That was one of the main weapons that Voldemort used to control Harry. He got into his dreams, he got into his mind. He… Continue reading
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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
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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
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Healing started with me…
I was ok It’ll be ok Ive always survived Ill get through this Another thing to get through Im ok But I wasnt I was hiding I was pretending to say things were ok Whilst parts of me were screaming… Continue reading
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The Power of Story: Healing through Harry Potter
‘Why are you reading those, they’re just children books’ I once said to my late friend Bex Lewis about 7 years ago, and then I sat with her and watched a scene of one of the films, one with dementors… Continue reading
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Recovering and Healing (Part 5) Taking Power back
It was a dark January Evening, I was staying at my friends house, and a month into starting a new job, I was about to attend in person training (its funny, ‘training’ was just ‘training’ in Jan 2019) , with… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 