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Boarding School Haircuts
Whenever I have a haircut, the sensations take me back to one of the more, I could even say most, pleasant memories from boarding school (age 8-12). I can’t remember how often we were lined up for a haircut. Maybe … Continue reading
A left-handed Shame Attack
From her seat next to her husband, the headmaster’s wife called my name, following it with a rhetorical question, designed to shame me: Continue reading
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Tagged Boarding school, conscious healing, healing, left-handed, punishment, shame
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ON SILENCE by Ardhan Swatridge
Probably the biggest challenge and barrier for any of us to deal with in trying to pursue a spiritual practice is, in our search for some degree of inner peace and self-acceptance, we eventually realise that our restless minds endlessly … Continue reading
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Tagged by-passing, consciousness, ego, emancipation, ground-of-being, meditation, mystic, planetary collapse, pragmatist, Silence, stilness, thoughts
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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
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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Aging is Humbling
These days I frequently find myself sitting in wonder and confusion as to where my life has gone. My logical mind tells me that I have now lived three score years and seven; I have memories and momentos that help … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, Aging, humility, self love, soul, wisdom, youth
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