We remember what suits us and forget what doesn’t 1 August 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments In The Boscombe Valley Mystery, Sherlock Holmes says: “You know my method. It is founded upon the observance of trifles.” The Victorian master detective relied on noticing seemingly insignificant details to solve […]
The 3 laws of patriarchy 27 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Patriarchy , Radicalisation , No Comments Wikipedia defines patriarchy as “a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property.” This is a superficial view. […]
Jeffrey Epstein – trying to ‘fill the hole’ of the mother wound 24 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Mother wound , News , No Comments In What is the mother wound? I’ve written about the single, multi-faceted wound at the core of all humanity. It’s the cause of our bloodthirsty history—what we […]
Ghislaine Maxwell and the victim/victimizer dynamic 19 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: News , Patriarchy , 1 Comment In the early hours of 2 July 2020, Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested at a secluded property in New Hampshire. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations charged the British socialite with several counts relating to […]
The more you dig out your emotional damage, the more it affects you 17 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments On this site I’ve catalogued the emotional mechanics that govern our lives. We have to work with those mechanics as we go through the process of clearing our […]
What is emotional unavailability? 13 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Mother wound , No Comments I first began to write about emotional unavailability in the post Is there a hole at the heart of your relationship? In it, I wrote: I’ve been having the same conversation over and over with […]
“Pipes everywhere” – how Process Manufacturing maps human emotions 10 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , Mother wound , No Comments I used to work at the largest cannery in the southern hemisphere. Back in the 1980s, the cannery sold vast quantities of tomato sauce, baked beans and tinned fruit. […]
Judging precludes understanding 8 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Frank Herbert, the author of Dune, wrote that, “Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators.” Herbert highlights a fundamental law: we can never fully understand anything of which we’re a part. Or, more succinctly, judging precludes understanding. […]
What is emotional responsibility? 3 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , No Comments What is emotional responsibility? It’s the Holy Grail. Eldorado. The X-factor. It’s what’s buried at the ‘X marks the spot’ on the pirate map. It’s the thing that U2 still hadn’t found when they released that cracking single […]
What is abandonment? 3 July 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , No Comments What is abandonment? The question seems simple enough. Some people are unfortunate enough to lose the support of a parent or significant other, often during childhood, creating feelings of abandonment. What is abandonment? The Wikipedia definition supports this view: […]