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Growth, Risking the promise of colour
Heres a short poem and reflection on growth I wrote after watering my spring bulbs, do enjoy! Continue reading
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Facing up to the Male Crisis
I have been reading ‘The Courage of Hopelessness’ by Slavoj Zizek (2017) , its a hard read but an interesting one. He tackles some interesting subjects , ranging from Brexit, The EU and in his last two chapters the responses… Continue reading
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Don’t be afraid, of the you inside
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… 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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Nurturing and loving my internalising self (Part 1)
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… Continue reading
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When ‘Sorry’ seems to be the easiest word
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… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 