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As Long as it Takes | Maria C. McCarthy
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Maria C. McCarthy. The Word from the Shed. Category: As Long as it Takes. For the love (and fear) of short stories. Here are a few popular misconceptions about short stories:. They are easy to knock off in an afternoon – after all, they are short. The Not-Dead and the Saved. They appeal to people’s short attention spans; people can zip through a book of them in no time at all. Short story writers are failed novelists. I could go on…. A Spy Among Friends. Said, ‘Ah, proper writing’ when I told...The winni...
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Writing | Maria C. McCarthy
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Maria C. McCarthy. The Word from the Shed. Rip it up and start again. Research or a notebook obsession? My mother was not one for respecting privacy, so I kept my diary with me at all times, and slept with it under my pillow. No one read it but me. I was out with a friend when I saw a notebook I liked. It was A5 spiral bound with a picture of a parrot on the cover. ‘Let me get that for you,’ she said, and out of nowhere, I started writing poetry in that book, and keeping a diary. The paper filled a build...
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Labyrinths | Counselling Case Stories
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A blog for counsellors, counsellors in training and anyone interested in counselling related topics by Maggie Yaxley Smith. Articles and posts about what you might find in a labyrinth…. The Arms of a Labyrinth. A book that I’ve found valuable is, The Continuum Concept. Liedloff, Jean, 1989. The Continuum Concept,. Arkana, Penguin Books.). Ancient continuum of our species…is suited to the tendencies and expectations with which we evolve. The Labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral. Photo by Spencer Scott. What ha...
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Food for Thought | Counselling Case Stories
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A blog for counsellors, counsellors in training and anyone interested in counselling related topics by Maggie Yaxley Smith. Category Archives: Food for Thought. Posts about World Humanitarian and Ecological Issues. TEAM PLAYING (FOR VALENTINES DAY). Photograph by Angela Barnes. I see your skills. Your skills are our skills. My skills are our skills. When we play together. When we play in tune. There is nothing we can’t achieve. Our power is to do. Our power is to be. Our strength is to do. This is a link...
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Handouts | Counselling Case Stories
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A blog for counsellors, counsellors in training and anyone interested in counselling related topics by Maggie Yaxley Smith. A BRIDGE OF WISDOM – FOR GROUP ON TAKING OUR SPACE. Group on Taking Our Space. A BRIDGE OF WISDOM. MADE UP OF INDIVIDUAL BLOCKS OF:. POWER STRENGTH GRATITUDE HUMILITY. POSITIVE STATEMENTS FOR GROUP ON TAKING OUR SPACE AND FOR MEDITATIONS. Group on Taking Our Space. Group on Taking Our Space. I RESOLVE TO TREAT MYSELF AS. I LISTEN TO MYSELF AND TALK KINDLY TO MYSELF. I CAN HANDLE ANY...
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Archive | Counselling Case Stories
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A blog for counsellors, counsellors in training and anyone interested in counselling related topics by Maggie Yaxley Smith. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out. A blog for...
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Publications | Counselling Case Stories
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A blog for counsellors, counsellors in training and anyone interested in counselling related topics by Maggie Yaxley Smith. Finding Love in the Looking Glass: A Book of Counselling Case Stories. 2014) London, Karnac. Never has there been such a hunger to understand relationships; with our self and others. There are valuable insights in these dynamic dialogues. Including issues about cultural identity; Relationship Breakdown. Including suicidal ideation; Cocaine Addiction. Poems published in HARCA. Lyrics...
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Recorded Meditations | Counselling Case Stories
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A blog for counsellors, counsellors in training and anyone interested in counselling related topics by Maggie Yaxley Smith. Category Archives: Recorded Meditations. RECORDED MEDITATIONS AND RELAXATION EXERCISES. I have used some of these meditations, visualisations and breathing exercises with individual clients and groups of staff and students. Some of them have been designed for specific situations but the hope is that each of them will enable relaxation. Joining or creating a meditation group on a reg...
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Counselling Tools | Counselling Case Stories | A blog for counsellors, counsellors in training and anyone interested in counselling related topics by Maggie Yaxley Smith
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A blog for counsellors, counsellors in training and anyone interested in counselling related topics by Maggie Yaxley Smith. TEAM PLAYING (FOR VALENTINES DAY). Photograph by Angela Barnes. I see your skills. Your skills are our skills. My skills are our skills. When we play together. When we play in tune. There is nothing we can’t achieve. Our power is to do. Our power is to be. Our strength is to do. Our strength is to be. Two hearts live here. Two minds live here. Two souls live here. Each person made a...
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Short stories | Maria C. McCarthy
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Maria C. McCarthy. The Word from the Shed. No pumpkin – a story instead. When I was a child, we celebrated Halloween at home. We didn’t dress up, but we did bob for apples in a washing-up bowl, or attempt to take a bite out of apples strung from the beam in the living room, hands clasped behind our backs. Maria reads The Man in Black at Horrorshow. Happy Halloween, one and all. May your pumpkins glow brightly in the dark of the night. Read The Man in Black. Beware, those with a nervous disposition….
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