Problems cannot exist without their solutions 28 November 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments Ah, problems. We all have them. What distinguishes success from failure in life is the ability to solve them. To turn problems into solutions. Yet what if problems cannot exist without their own solutions? When […]
5 Tips for finding your life path 24 November 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments Find your life path. Four simple little words, yet among the hardest things we can do in our lives. I remember my last year at high school very well. While most of my […]
What is the mother wound? 8 November 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Cornerstones , Mother wound , 2 Comments Our society doesn’t have an accepted sense of some kind of mother wound that we all suffer from, individually or collectively. Yet one look at the world reveals a globe reeling from crisis to […]
All the solutions you seek are inside you 16 August 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments All the solutions you seek are inside you. It’s one of those pithy sayings floating around the Internet and popping up in annoying Facebook memes. A colleague used to call them “inconvenient.” They’re […]
Does patriarchy traumatise the feminine? 15 August 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , History , Mother wound , Patriarchy , No Comments Edwin Longsden Long’s 1875 painting, The Babylonian Marriage Market, is monumental in more ways than one. Firstly, in size: the painting measures 10 feet by 5 feet 8 inches. Secondly, […]
The shame layer is impervious to thought 18 July 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments Carl Jung wrote, “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” Despite this admonition from one of the leading figures of psychoanalysis, and despite the recognition […]
Behind violent films lies an acceptance of violence 11 July 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Patriarchy , No Comments It’s just a film. The blood leaking out of her mouth isn’t real; it’s ketchup. Go online and have a look. You’ll find plenty of recipes for fake blood. The blood may […]
Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man – the ‘ideal man’ is free of shame 2 July 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , History , Shame , No Comments Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawing, the Vitruvian Man, has always fascinated me. Drawn around 1490, Da Vinci’s drawing is named after the Roman architect Vetruvius. He not […]
Is there a hole at the heart of your relationship? 1 July 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments In recent months I’ve been having the same conversation over and over with people who are involved in personal development, building emotional integrity and improving the quality of their relationships. There is […]
The forbidden image of the penis 6 June 2019 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: History , Patriarchy , No Comments Some years ago, I read that the children of the Roman aristocracy used to wear a small penis-shaped charm called a fascinum. The charm signalled that they were members of the nobility and if […]