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Through Twitter, I picked up a challenge to write about what it is like to be part of the sexual fantasies of cishet white men, and its impact upon men of colour. This is an early exploration of this taboo topic.

This months blog begins a longer exploration of just how colonised we all are. Focusing in on the importance of clothing, how we dress, and who we dress for, this month looks at one of the more subtle areas of cultural and psychological colonisation.

We don’t talk enough about fatherhood. Whilst we often discuss what it is to be black, what it is to be oppressed, and the cost of the absent father, we rarely consider the positives in black fatherhood. This blog, this personal rendition from a black father, looks at this experience of black masculinity. It is my gift to the black fathers everywhere.

Within psychotherapy, we underestimate the power that socially constructed aspects of our identity have upon us. With their inherent power dynamics, the challenge to adapt, to fit in, can ultimately become a caged bondage of our own making, if we are not careful, where we seek out others who delight in taking on the keys to our cells on our behalf.

Given that this month marks 1 Year since the publication of #Mockingbird, i wanted to write something to mark the occasion; not necessarily something celebratory, but something which speaks of the journey from echo to authentic.

This month’s blog explores the intersections between systemic patriarchy and white supremacy. Told through the personalised experiences of black pain, this blog calls for allies from those who would see themselves as such but who are unconsciously complicit in the oppression of blackness.

Through the personal, to the collective, this month’s blog explores an experience we all have, that of enduring cultural narcissistic abuse.

This month’s blog is a further exploration of black fatherhood from both a personal and psychological perspective, and is especially relevant in the age of Black Lives Matter.

In this, the third exploration of black masculinity, we now consider the role of adaptation, its drivers both political and social, and how this not only saves black men, but also leads sadly to sense of inauthenticity and loneliness.

Part two of an extensive exploration of the trials and tribulations of the past year, and looks at how this has impacted upon us all.