feelings
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Nobody with No-body.
Loving myself, meant loving my body. All of it. For 40 years I felt one form of body shame or another. My innocent nakedness was shamed early by my mother. Her favourite story to tell on every occasion, even to… Continue reading
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Eat, Train, Love (Part 2)
Unexpected Cologne, heaviness of Hamburg. Im writing this at the beginning of my day 3, sitting in the lobby area of the delightful hostel I’m in just next to Hamburg dbf railway station. My first hostel experience, and they have… Continue reading
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Passing Places
Ive just come back from a week holiday away in the gorgeously delightful tiny village of Port Appin, on the west coast of Scotland, almost equidistant between Oban and Fort William. I wrote lots, and read less, but didnt write… Continue reading
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Bestowing Your Gift Softly.
One of the treasures within each and every one of us is our hearts. You have one, as do I, and yet so often in our day to day lives our hearts, and the desires of them play a silent… Continue reading
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Joys…are there to be felt!
To feel it I had to feel it. Just like when I was on the beach today with my team, a day out in the glorious north east coast, at Whitley Bay/ Cullarcoats. Food was eaten, the sun was out,… Continue reading
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How Journalling has helped me (and why I found it difficult to start)
I thought it might be useful to share the different ways in which I have written / journaled throughout my healing journey, and wonder why it might be challenging for men to start. Continue reading
James Ballantyne 