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Director of Square Pegs Experts by Experience Community Interest Company Still doing a lot of the Walkamiley stuff, only slightly differently Take a look https://squarepegsuk.substack.com
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I struggle with the way we’re being treated in the current toxic environment. If he can help me find the light of hope in this culture of despair; where cooperation will prevail over some bizarre notion of competition, I’ll be delighted.
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I’m a big fan of hope, but in the current climate, I know many of us will need a lot of convincing. Like many, he abandoned Twitter some time ago in favour of Bluesky. You can find him here @mickmckeown24.bsky.social
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I’m entering his talk from a place of positive prejudice. I’ve heard him talk about #RelationalPractice in the social model of mental ill-health His talk is called ‘Relational Practice: making hope possible rather than despair convincing’
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I’m really looking forward to hearing Professor Mick McKeown talking about #DemocraticMentalHealth. You’ll find out more than I can ever write about him here youtu.be/8PCfno5dRA4?...
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Great piece
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Oh my good lord, you’re right! This screams, ‘I got to where I am today through my own hard work and endeavour’ and ‘If only you’d pull yourself together, you could have (insert your own WASP aspirations here)’ Thanks for sharing that
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It’s almost as if they’re pushing some, ‘Please vote for me’ agenda. These are dark times where, hopefully, future people will read history books (obviously with all the banned words removed!) and scream as one, ‘What the Fuck?’
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John Wayne on a horse? Keep calm and carry on? Locating reasonable distress to the absolute shitshow we find ourselves in as some kind of individual weakness is at best misguided, at worst gaslighting on a national level.
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Thanks for sharing this - a couple of things…I’m none the wiser regarding what ‘grit’ is, and, aren’t ‘complex’ emotional reactions a reasonable response to the shitshow we find ourselves in that shouldn’t be located in individuals as ‘poor mental health’?
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Everyone knows that a fandleduck is a handler of stolen poultry…don’t they?
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What you need is the Shred-Tech ST-15 Industrial Shredder! I’m here to help (Clothes may not be wearable after obliteration) shred-tech.com/shred-tech-s...
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Lovely ❤️ Congratulations
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120 thousand a year - 0.6% of these cases get to court - 850 thousand reports of domestic violence every year. How does this ruling, that vilifies a tiny number of people, change that? It’s heartbreaking.
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It breaks my heart ❤️
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That’s… A) the name of our punk rock band in the late 70’s B) the title of my upcoming biography C) The name of a new dance craze