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francisnorton.bsky.social
Husband, dad, former start-up techie, now a counsellor specialising in burnout.
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www.cathrinewilhelmsen.net/speaking-dpw... This is something I'd love to attend if I wasn't at a wedding that day! Especially given my own journey from 30 years in software to being a counsellor specialising in burnout - join those dots if you like 😉

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Polysyllabic as it may be, cognitive dissonance is merely the tip of the iceberg

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That vital connection between outer nature and human nature runs deep.

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@elisabethbik.bsky.social I'm wondering if this is on your radar - it sounds so significant, but so highly political, I'd love to see it assessed by someone of integrity x.com/AGHamilton29...

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So painfully true...

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Delighted to see that the awesome experience that is Tending has its next run, at Hammersmith's Riverside Studios. #NHS #Theatre #Hilarious #Emotional #Burnout riversidestudios.co.uk/see-and-do/t...

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🎶Trade war, huh, yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, uhh Trade war, huh, yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again, y'all Trade war, huh (good God) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing, listen to me, oh

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This made my scalp tingle. Never thought I'd find myself saying these words, but "Thank you Trump, for helping us find what unites us"!

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As I've said before there's a weird irony in ethno-nationalism becoming a successful global movement.

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Descartes was wrong. It should be I feel, therefore I am. Get in touch with your feelings, both positive and negative. If you don't own them, they'll end up owning you.

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when your brain suddenly stops gaslighting you

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If you were living through the #endtimes, when or how would you realise this? (IMHO - Western growth has been driven by two unstable but effective Accelerated Learning Machines, science and capitalism, managed by a third, democracy. Once that dynamic is irretrievably broken, we're done)

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That moment when we connect with our need for connection...

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My tribe!

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Well played sir, well played.

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Just completed a really satisfying corporate client engagement. Working with individuals is so important, but having an opportunity to contribute towards a workplace culture where chronic stress and burnout are recognised, communicated and resolved is something else. www.linkedin.com/posts/franci...

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OK, so the bots have come. What to do when followed by accounts offering the kind of qualities I'd shrink from even if they weren't clearly phoney - [1] ignore, [2] mute, [3] block or [4] report? #enshittification

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Sometimes counsellors give way to poets...

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