Self awareness
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Recovering and Healing (Part 4) Healing the Toxic time
Time is something Abusers like to control It’s also something that exists in a weird dynamic for them. When you dont reply to them, or include them they say How dare you not reply to my message! Or, maybe less… Continue reading
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Recovering and Healing (Part 3) Discovering the real me
As well as the space to discover what was good for me, to see the situation pdf my marriage, and childhood, in a new light, and to get therapy to help me with tools, part of my recovery and healing… Continue reading
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Recovering and Healing (Part 2); The book that saved my life
Ask yourself the question; ‘What book saved your life’? If you are in anyway spiritual, then it might be likely that a sacred text, the Bible or the Ko’ran might be the book that went some way to saving your… Continue reading
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Recovering and Healing (Part 1) Discovering Appreciation
Its such a trivial thing, I said to my therapist (almost as I put on my jacket to leave at the end of the first session) But I’ve realised how much I like to feel appreciated Me, early 2019 ‘Its… Continue reading
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Learning the power of ‘No’
One of the earliest and hardest decisions I had to make, aged 19, was to say ‘No’ to someone. Its not surprising though because often in Christian ministry/youthwork No can be one of the hardest words to say. No, actually… Continue reading
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Surviving Psychopathic Parenting (Part 13) Accepting the accusations of selfishness
Don’t you be so selfish You were such a spoiled child, I had to get that out of you Don’t you even dare even ask for that You need to think about things from my point of view Ultimately there… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 