Mastering fear is like learning to walk – fall down, get up 25 March 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments You probably don’t need me to tell you that right now fear is on the rise. The fear of coronavirus, of food shortages, of economic failure… the fear […]
Living with ghosts – confronting generational trauma 16 March 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments The first time I encountered generational trauma* I had no idea what I had hit. I had no idea I was living with ghosts. Put simply, generational traumas are unresolved traumas that are passed […]
Coronavirus exposes South Korea’s sexual shame 11 March 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments One of the more curious effects of the 2020 coronavirus outbreak has been to highlight potential sexual indiscretions in South Korea. This conservative Asian nation is highly sensitive to perceived sexual impropriety, i.e. sexual shame. Official […]
Survival fears are crippling modern society 21 February 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Anxiety , No Comments On 19 February 2020 buses carrying 72 coronavirus evacuees were pelted with rocks in the village of Novi Sanzhary, Ukraine. Villagers clashed with riot police for several hours before the evacuees—none of whom had tested positive—reached […]
Measuring wellbeing – the Family Stability Index 16 February 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Generational trauma , No Comments I’ve blogged a lot about unconscious shame, and also written a little about generational trauma. This is inherited trauma, like a superficially mild case of PTSD that comes from scandals and traumatic events in […]
Our toxic environment reflects our toxic consciousness 25 January 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments As I walked along a grass verge recently, a man approached, smoking a cigarette. He dropped the cigarette, crushed it with his heel and strode past exhaling smoke. He’d just polluted the environment. He had […]
Life drawing – seeing the body in another light 15 January 2020 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Shame , No Comments Late in 2018 I chose to challenge myself. I joined a public speaking club, did a 43-metre bungy jump, and contacted Life Drawing MK about modelling. Why life modelling? Two decades […]
The objectification of women happened at the dawn of patriarchy 9 December 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: History , Mother wound , Patriarchy , No Comments There is a common belief that viewing porn conditions men to objectify women, turning them into emotionless sex objects. This is a fallacy. The objectification of women […]
5 Ways to explore your inner world 8 December 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments As we approach the time for making New Year’s resolutions, here’s an awkward question: are you exploring or avoiding the inner world of your psychology and sexuality? We’ve all heard the statistics on […]
Traumatisation of the feminine created patriarchy, not the other way round 30 November 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , History , Mother wound , Patriarchy , No Comments In a post a few months ago I posed the question, Does patriarchy traumatise the feminine? At the time, I was pretty certain that […]