society – James Ballantyne

Choosing a Life Beyond the News Cycle

Jan 31, 2025

anxiety, bias, Boundaries, health, lies, life, Media, mental health, News, social media, society, truth

I was raised to believe that it was important to watch the news and stay informed. When my friends were watching the Simpsons, or fresh prince, or some other thing when they ate their tea in front of the TV. My childhood was spent watching… Blue Peter from 5.15pm or Crackerjack (and I was terrified…

Male Sensitivity : Part 1 (Realising my own)

Jul 6, 2023

Emotions, Healing, Journey, Self awareness, Trauma

abuse, attention, care, childhood, empathy, humanity, Masculinity, resilience, Sensitivity, society, Values, vulnerability

Toughen up You need to stand up for yourself Wimp You’re being sensitive Softy Pussyfoot And the ultimate.. Stop being so Gay. All words Ive heard in my life, some at school, some in places that were meant to be ‘home’. What did all of these words and names mean? What did they do? What…

Abusive Mothers: Some Children do ‘ave them

Jun 8, 2021

Trauma

abuse, narcissism, Parental Abuse, society

(More than as as society we would want to admit) Culturally we have a problem with admitting and accepting that birth mothers are abusive. Its bad enough trying to go against the myth that they couldn’t be loving, kind and supportive. Abusive fathers feature in films, books and TV series. I noted one the other…