Pain and Guilt

Pain and Guilt

Feelings of genuine pain and guilt are part of our lives. We are taught that these should be felt – that is the form of our nurture.However, there is more to it than that. As I indicated in my last Blog, nurture is only part of the story.I love the words from the CSNY...

The Veiled Thread – Prologue

Northern New South Wales My span is defined, not so much by the substance of the years, but rather by the weight of generations, past to present, by an endowment of wonton neglect of those imperfectly loved and an inconstant attachment to the affirmations of...
Shock & Denial

Shock & Denial

It is in the nature of us all, that when we are faced with an uncomfortable or seemingly outrageous theory/concept, we will either ridicule the concept or be dismissive of its implications, especially when the inferences are personal. The very idea that a trauma...
The Nature of Inherited Trauma

The Nature of Inherited Trauma

The Great War of 1914-18 delivered the single most catastrophic event to human history. So many people died, mainly young men, that it took a generation for nations, and communities to recover their equilibrium, only to be greeted with a repeat event that started the...