Family estrangement is so common, it’s pitiful and obvious when it happens. It’s the loss of a relationship between sibling and parents where emotional distancing is widespread, where there is little to no communication between individuals for a prolonged period.
There are many reasons why estrangement happens. Parents making a difference between siblings is a common theme that tends to run in families, made all the harder when parents don’t agree they are …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. ”
RIKKI ROGERS
Read on »I never really understood my emotions and why I struggled to feel until I’d worked through the process, starting with my diagnosis.
Although I was aware of how I presented as a child, I didn’t understand why or that it had anything to do with my emotions and why my brain wasn’t able to connect with those emotions. I didn’t know I had brain …
Read on »If like me you’ve gone through life having had things done to you without so much as an apology for those things, then we need to think differently.
Perhaps we’ve got to get better at accepting the things we cannot change and put less energy into expecting or fighting for an apology we know we’re never going to get from those who simply choose not to offer …
Read on »The life I have lived has been as a result of others living a lie, knowing what my disability was. It wasn’t my lie, but it became my life.
The human mind is flawed and ignoring the truth will always have devastating consequences, particularly when others choose to keep something from us. But ignoring what is the truth won’t settle …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“It is time for humanity to reset our spiritual compass from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.”
BERNICE KING
Read on »The World Health Organisation distinguishes four types of child maltreatment, sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect and emotional and psychological abuse.
The “WHO” shouldn’t have to distinguish between the four types of maltreatment, we should want to be and do better, but as my own story shows having had my own difficulties to deal with, regardless of what …
Read on »Although when I was growing up there was little in the media about food and the relationship between food production and the environment, it’s processing and our links to food; but I believe it’s important we think about the world, our place in the world, what it means and why we must start giving back.
Through my writing I have become even more conscious of how things are supposed to be and those are the things I write about. In the next few months I will be writing and adding more blogs on topic that …
Read on »According to an article dated 6, August 2014 in The Guardian newspaper, the amount of mercury near the surface of many of the world’s oceans has tripled as the result of our polluting activities, with potentially damaging implications for marine life as the result of the accumulation of this toxic metal.
Mercury is accumulating near the surface of seas as the element is released to the atmosphere and seas from a variety of sources, including mines, coal fired power stations and sewage. Mercury is toxic …
Read on »Something inspirational:
“I hope I’m a spiritual person. I’m trying to be a spiritual person.”
JAKE GYLLENHAAL
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