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Pollywanacraka: Tyre Nichols and Systemic White Supremacy

Pollywanacraka: Tyre Nichols and Systemic White Supremacy

30 January 2023

On the 7th of Jan 23, Tyre Nichols was murdered in the USA by five black policemen. This blog explores why White Supremacy still sits central to this tragedy.

Decolonise Me V: Becoming Woke to Racism

Decolonise Me V: Becoming Woke to Racism

19 January 2023

On the back of receiving a racist image, this months blog continues the drive to call out these kind of aggressions, and considers how trauma plays a role in racism.

Being Black X: Loving the Black Inner Child

Being Black X: Loving the Black Inner Child

9 January 2023

The wounded inner child resides within most of us. This month we consider just how much power the inner child can have over our relationships if left unchecked, and how we can repair such a wound.

Narcissus and Echo: A mythical dance made reality

Narcissus and Echo: A mythical dance made reality

5 January 2023

Exploring the dance between narcissism and its compatriot echoism, this blog reveals the roles these both take, personally, collectively, and internally also.

Clarkson/Markle: The Weaponising of Shame

Clarkson/Markle: The Weaponising of Shame

3 January 2023

This months blog explore the psychology behind the use of shame as a weapon to subjugate of the other in systems of supremacy in the wake of the Clarkson/Markle conflict from December 2022

Decolonise Me IV: From the Exotification to the Humanity of Black Masculinity

Decolonise Me IV: From the Exotification to the Humanity of Black Masculinity

15 December 2022

In a sequel to a previous blog about black men enduing life under the white male gaze, this month we look at its counterpart; the exotification of black men by white women.

Being a Black Father II: Daddies & Daughters

Being a Black Father II: Daddies & Daughters

28 November 2022

For the holidays, a different kind of blog. A more gentle, personal, exploration of black fatherhood, written not only by myself on this occasion but also by daughter (the image is hers as well).

Being Black IX: Notes On Our Heartrending Existential Invisibility

Being Black IX: Notes On Our Heartrending Existential Invisibility

31 October 2022

As the other we have all experienced being marginalised, being pushed to one side and marginalised. Yet, how does it feel to be ignored? To become invisible in our professional and personal relationships? This month’s blog explores these experiences within majority spaces.

Working on Knowing Everything (WOKE) in an age of Supremacy

Working on Knowing Everything (WOKE) in an age of Supremacy

22 September 2022

With a black lead, the coming movie The Little Mermaid has led to an enormous racialised backlash, with many commenting on wokeness having gone too far. Yet, for me, being woke is a core part of coming into oneself, of growing and being seen as a minority. It’s key to being an Activist-Psychotherapist.

Decolonising Me III: Black Isolation and the Inner Child

Decolonising Me III: Black Isolation and the Inner Child

30 June 2022

This month we look at the pain of the inner child through a black lens, and how this wound, when unresolved, leads to an absence of adult relationships.