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These past 24hours have seen a seismic shift in the political landscape here in the United Kingdom. Written over this period, I therefore wanted to add some personal psychological perspectives on the meaning of this political change. Whilst sounding a note of caution for the future.

On the 4th of July 2024, the United Kingdom goes to the polls in its General Election. This blog though, looks at the past 14 years through the lens of race, and asks us all to consider the pain we have endured during this period.

In a world which valorises individuality, loneliness is an experience many of us have endured, be it on purpose or as a consequence of something other.
Written over two days in May, this month I consider the existential and spiritual segue between loneliness and being alone.

I have been thinking a lot about power recently, and in particular power through a racialised lens. What is power as a Person of Colour, how has it been corrupted/stolen, and how can we recover our power.

The second of my two blogs on activism , this one speaks of the internal struggle to become, and contain, ones own activism. An important aspect of this journey towards equality.

The first of two blogs, this month we look at what it is to be an activist, and why it is important to explore our own wounds as activists.

Recovery from abuse is a difficult thing to make sense of, especially as a black man. Utilising metaphor as a means of making sense of this period of my life this personal unveiling shows a possible route back to life.

This months blog is a thank you to all who read my work, to all who follow me. It is also a signpost of how difficult this path has been, is, and will be. And how much further I have to go.

This month a more personal blog about the necessity and power of writing.

This final blog pre the publication of #Imperium considers the power and the pain of tokenism, especially in relation to activism.

The second of three blogs in the run-up to the publication of The Psychology of Supremacy considers the role and impact of whitesplaining, and how this maintains the subjects sense of superiority.

When I trained as a psychotherapist, I really struggled in a good number of ways.  One of the largest ones…