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RECOVERY, INCIDIOUS STRESS Since the beginning of the pandemic we have been living with ongoing inciduous trauma and its affects. It has saddened and interested me to see folk getting depressed and thinking they have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Although society has now quite a grasp of stress related issues it is still possible toContinue reading “TRAUMA AND RECOVERY”

As I was writing the previous blog on the safe place the tension was mounting around the Ukraine crisis, and it seemed so ‘present’ in the very room, and almost stupid to be talking of safety in the midst of such fear, and as it has progressed such devastation and utter lack of humanity, andContinue reading “THE SAFE PLACE 2”

The notion of a safe place seems to be the burden of the global population during this pandemic. This has been a very strange week as restrictions are lifted all around us, and yet in talking to friends and acquaintances, I hear the language of trauma, and within that the possibility of recovery. Let’s cutContinue reading “MY SAFE PLACE”

The beautiful Fairy godmother Orlando, and her friend Jerry Lament flew over the cities of Europe to see what was happening to the young people. They often flew together, as Jerry was able to define the more difficult or sleazy side of life for Orlando, and together they could discuss and decide what to doContinue reading “FANTASY AND LOSS”

Hope is hard to explain, to some degree it is an abstract concept, from what does it arise? and where does it dwell? In centuries past passengers and crew were rescued from shipwrecks by individual groups of men using a line. Lines and ropes, even cords, are of different widths and strengths and are alsoContinue reading “BECOME THE HOPE”

Today I was talking to my friend about hope. We were discussing the pandemic, and hoping for positive change in 2022. We were also reflecting on the small changes which had occurred this Christmas, which, whilst not giving us safety the changes had enabled us to feel somewhat less restricted. In the Hebrew language theContinue reading “HOPE”

Have you noticed how many types of threes there are? Of course for Christians, as Christmas comes around we are reminded of the Holy trinity one yet three, Three yet one Let’s take a look at some of the threes which we see in everyday life and don’t always think about unless they annoy us.Continue reading “TRIANGLES TAGS WORKER CARE RESPONSIBILITY”

Since being in the house more throughout the pandemic to date you may, like myself, have found yourself watching more television, and becoming heartily sick of the ads.Recently I have become interested in the ad confused .com largely because I feel there is much confusion of heart, mind, and spirit at the moment.It seems toContinue reading “confused….com zombie”

The essential need for healthy living is balance.When we are balanced we are centred and grounded in reality rather than being continually anxious and panicked.The key to this is living the reflective life, when we develop our reflective skills we can connect all the parts of our being mind body and spirit, now this isContinue reading “MINDFULNESS MINDLESSNESS HISTORY2”

Many of you will be familiar with, the fairy tale ‘The Emperor has no clothes’, and with the practice throughout the ages of hiding or putting forward views and or morals, that had they been put forward in plain language the writer would have been severely punished. In the aforementioned story, a very vain emperorContinue reading “The Emperor has no clothes”