Personal development

A deeper study of some of C G Jung’s words about empaths

This was one of the most helpful summaries I've had for some time and helps me to balance compassion with the need not to interfere with others or try to run their lives, however good the motive. Brian Jung’s Radical View of Empaths Carl Jung took people with extreme emotional sensitivity seriously at a time when psychiatry dismissed them as unstable or delusional. He believed empaths weren’t...

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Taking the plunge with my new book

This evening I have come to a decision that I'm going to take my book to the publishing stage with Kindle Direct Publishing without paying someone else to help me. I received quotes from £999 up, more typically £1500 plus I see I have been programmed by the thought that certain things are difficult and can only be done by experts and yet by using common sense and following instructions from...

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Reflections on attending a conference

Last weekend I travelled to a Bemer conference held at the Holiday Inn just outside Coventry. I decided to arrive a couple of days early, partly as a small break and partly to settle myself before the event. Coventry itself, like many large towns now, feels as though it is changing but not necessarily for the better, so I was glad to explore instead the quieter areas nearby. One worthwhile stop...

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Distractions but for a good reason

My time, energy and attention are now focused on the three villages I am working with, where I’m using my writing skills to record life through personal interviews. My hope is to create a picture for future generations of what village life was like in 2025. Tomorrow, for example, I’m meeting someone who happens to be a world expert on crayfish — not the sort of person you might expect to find in...

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The Secret Life of Priddy

To set the scene, here’s a bit of context for what follows. I scan the Mendip Times each month to see what is going on. You would have thought that after my major effort yesterday in Stanton Drew I would have had enough of writing, but that's not the way it works with me. If I write a good piece then that stimulates me to write more, so in my search today Sunday we noticed a small entry...

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