Is autism linked to shame? 13 February 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments On this site I’ve written extensively about unconscious shame. Over the years, my understanding of the power of unconscious shame has grown. One of the areas where my knowledge has grown is around generational trauma. This is […]
12 Signs of unbalanced thinking 9 January 2017 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments We spend a lot of time thinking—about work, about our families and our other interests. But how much time do we spend thinking about our thinking? Do you ever consider that you might suffer from […]
6 Tips for surviving Christmas 19 December 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments “‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la, la-la la la…” Or not. For a lot of people, Christmas is not the time of greatest joy but of the greatest anxiety, stress and depression. Obnoxious jumpers, […]
7 Steps to calm anxiety 12 December 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Anxiety , How-to & step-by-step , No Comments The first time I had a full-blown anxiety attack I was in seat 17A of a United Airlines Boeing 767 at 30,000 feet somewhere over Colorado. I had no idea what was happening […]
5 Tools for solving personal crises 20 November 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: How-to & step-by-step , No Comments We all have personal crises. Those crises where our chest tightens, our brain fogs and our world seems like it’s swirling down the plughole. At the time, it feels like we are the only […]
“MAX POSS. ERROR” – the shame of Donald Crowhurst 4 October 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Shame , No Comments In this blog I have sometimes used real-life examples as case studies of unconscious shame, from public figures such as Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson, to others such as Vincent Tabak and Private Lynndie England who would have remained […]
Aerial silk – legitimising displays of the genitals 4 October 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Patriarchy , No Comments I recently attended a fun day at a factory celebrating its 100th anniversary. Among the events at the fun day was a small circus featuring a variety of skilled acts. The ringmaster, an Australian […]
If war is to end, so must war stories 20 February 2016 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Arts , Patriarchy , No Comments Ca-ching! Multiplex cash registers around the world are still sizzling hot from the record-breaking box office performance of The Force Awakens, episode seven of the long-running Star Wars saga. Star Wars Inside […]
Freud, repression and today’s anxiety epidemic 11 December 2015 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: Anxiety , History , No Comments In 1929 Sigmund Freud, the ‘founding father’ of psychoanalysis, wrote a book that was originally titled The Uneasiness in Culture. It finally emerged a year later as one of his seminal works, Civilization and its Discontents. […]
The secret purpose of Papua New Guinea’s witchcraft trials 23 October 2015 Posted by: Michael H Hallett Category: News , Patriarchy , No Comments Videos from Papua New Guinea reportedly showing women accused of witchcraft being tortured have recently appeared on social media. These videos—taken by people participating in the abuses—are commonly shared among Papua […]