self
-
Do not be afraid of the you under the skin like a solid orange with a lava interior You are not the labels you gave yourself Someone made you anxious Someone gave you fear Someone gave you shame These are not your labels, just layers Do not be afraid of the you under the skin…
-
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 and wanting me to face them But ill keep running or saying things will be…
-
Of the 20 or so books I’ve read this year, the one that made the most impression on me from a healing and therapeutic perspective was ‘Adult children of Emotionally immature Parents’ by Lindsay Gibson (2015). (As an added note I’m slowly working my way through her follow up ‘Recovering from Emotionally Immature parents’ (2019))…
-
Sorry, for being late Sorry for not being early Sorry for not asking Sorry for asking Sorry for not being good enough for you Sorry that I didnt did everything you expected me to Sorry that Im not smiling today Sorry for being too sensitive, when I dare stand up to you Sorry seemed to…
-
Its easier to say….’I know’ I know that Its easier to say … ‘I think’ I think that Its easier to say …’I am…’ I am annoyed Its easier to say ..’I cant..’ I cant do this anymore Its harder to say ‘I feel..’ As I I feel sad, I feel happy, I feel good……
-
Deep down what are the rules that shape the way you act, the way you feel, the way you think about yourself, the way you think about others? Give yourself a minute or two Which of them might be the rules that you were ‘given’ through your childhood? Maybe from a faith group?, from…
James Ballantyne 