Lawrence of Arabia – a shame-driven hero? 18 February 2018 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: History , Shame , No Comments Shifting Sands, an exhibition at the British Civil War Centre in Newark, examines the perennially fascinating story of T. E. Lawrence—a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia—from multiple perspectives: historical, archaeological and personal. Pursuing clues in […]
Hostiles – no peace with patriarchy 29 December 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Patriarchy , No Comments The advertising hoardings of the London Underground are currently filled with posters for a new film, Hostiles. Scheduled for release in January 2018, Hostiles is described as “a landmark cinematic experience” that “might well […]
7 Steps to clear emotional blocks 22 December 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments The healing journey teaches us to pay attention to what’s happening in our lives. If the same situation—particularly the same emotional situation—keeps reappearing in your life, it’s a strong indicator that you’ve got a […]
The mechanics of emotional pain 9 December 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments We all suffer from emotional pain. Whether it’s the trauma of separation, the grief of someone close to us dying or the acute pain of a miscarriage, we’ve all been there, we don’t want a T-shirt […]
Do what you say, say what you do 3 December 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments One of the simplest ways to improve the quality of your life is to adopt a policy of “Do what you say, say what you do.” This is sometimes known even more pithily […]
This toxic society – U.S. self-injury rate triples 28 November 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: News , Shame , No Comments A new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that between 2009 and 2015, rates of self-injury among girls aged 10-14 years skyrocketed from 110 per 100,000 Emergency […]
What you most desire lies beyond what you most fear 20 November 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Emotional principles , No Comments We all know that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. What is less widely known is that the healing journey is paved with pithy axioms. Some of them […]
#MeToo reveals scale of male sexual dysfunction 11 November 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: News , Sexuality , No Comments #METOO has changed the landscape of society. It is no longer possible to ignore the widespread extent of male sexual dysfunction. For too long we—and by ‘we’ I mean men—have pretended that unhealthy […]
American Ugliness – the fall of Kevin Spacey 9 November 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , News , Shame , No Comments I don’t have a single favourite film. But there is a bunch of films, indeterminate in number, that rise above the rest. Wonder Boys, Shakespeare in Love, Apocalypse Now, Chinatown, […]
The opposite of a patriarchy is not a matriarchy 7 November 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: News , Patriarchy , No Comments Recent revelations of sexual abuse in the highest corridors of Hollywood have caused a fundamental shift in gender relations. Suddenly, abuse claims are gaining traction. Hard on the heels of the […]