Category Archives: Use The Force

Is wokeness robbing us of compassion and replacing it with moral superiority?


  “Wokeness has robbed many of compassion and replaced it with moral superiority” Ayishat Akanbi ”I think wokeness has robbed many people of compassion and replaced it with moral superiority. Compassion and empathy is paramount to any social movement, and … Continue reading

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Dancing With My Inner Critic – Steve Chapman


“This talk isn’t very good.” “Thoughts” “voice”, inner voice” “inner critic” –  whatever you call yours there are at least as many ways of learning to live with it as there are ways of learning to live amongst humans. Many … Continue reading

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no leaders please – Charles Bukowski


invent yourself and then reinvent yourself, change your tone and shape so often that they can never categorize you.   No Leaders Please Charles Bukowski invent yourself and then reinvent yourself, don’t swim in the same slough. invent yourself and … Continue reading

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If anything I’ve learned that it’s not a permanent condition, things do get better


“Psychiatry is a sham but I find myself using their language because that’s the common language. I think I’ll stop that. I think it’s the human condition. We get hungry, angry, lonely, tired, sad, scared, and overwhelmed and it colours … Continue reading

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I can hear my father’s voice – Sean Penn


I can hear my father’s voice.
And I can hear a few other voices that have, here since, gone on somewhere. Continue reading

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Hear My Voice


Hear My Voice  Hear my voice is a group is for those who embrace the voices they hear and want a space where the voices can speak for themselves in their own voice and to dialogue with other voices. If … Continue reading

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MADx – The Lineup


MADx Fri 15th July – The Performers. Continue reading

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May The Fourth Be With You


Yoda:        “Always with you: ‘It cannot be done!’  “Hear you nothing that I say?” Words like: “I can’t “ “It’ll never work” These are mighty powerful ways to make anything we try even harder, less likely to … Continue reading

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