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Author Archives: Inner Ventures
Masculinity Is Not Our Enemy
Challenging mischaracterizations of masculinity will help us raise healthy boys. Taken from a blog post, Jan 24 2019 in Psychology Today Something has happened to our academic culture–the culture that teaches educators how to teach, therapists how to counsel, and … Continue reading
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Tagged boys, counselling, male brain, masculinity, men, rites of passage, therapy
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Rainer Maria Rilke – The last Sonnet To Orpheus
Transcribed from a reading by Joanna Macy This poem holds all the gifts of uncertainty, pain and suffering. Yes gifts! Quiet friend who has come so far, Feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry by others, Uncategorized
Tagged I am, mystery, Overcoming, pain, suffering, Uncertainty
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Teenage Trauma of a pretty ‘Bum Boy’.
It has taken me fifty years to reach a point in my life where I feel ready to talk openly about some of my teenage boarding school experiences. Since my late thirties I have tried to address the most painful … Continue reading
We Need To Grieve – by Toko-pa
As we enter the Full Moon in Pisces, maybe you can feel that subtle tug, a pulling away from the demands of extraversion, towards the inner life again. These last couple of weeks on the West Coast, living in the thick of … Continue reading
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Tagged bearing witness, Claire Dubois, Destruction, Grief, Hope, Joanna Macy, planetary survival, Toko-pa
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Abuse vs Honoring: Degrading Another Person’s Being is Never a Consensual Act
Reproduced from http://www.reginameredith.com: Sexual Abuse by Guest Author – Zeus Yiamouyiannis | July 2018 Consent, even when properly understood and communicated, is never enough to establish a meaningful, trusting, healthy relationship. What exactly do I give you permission to do … Continue reading
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Tagged psychological healing, sexual abuse, soul damage
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Sexual Abuse & Trauma relived – Part two
My defences against verbal abuse are strong; walled-off and defended after years of boarding school life, away from the relative safety and protection of family and home. I am numbed, emotionally starved, often lonely and miserable, having been relentlessly taunted … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Boarding school, coming of age, courage, me too, sex, shame
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Sexual Abuse & Trauma relived – the first of a two-part account
I am settling down in bed, adjusting to the dark, relaxing after my day, and dropping into the beginnings of sleep. Suddenly I hear movement around me as 6 or 8 male figures loom over me, surrounding my bed. I … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Attack, Boarding school, sensitivity, shame, shock, victim
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