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Michael Leunig on 7 Types of Ordinary Happiness

Thanks to Tara (and Sido) for this. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter Counselling in Exeter since 1994

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The Crowdless Man – Michael Leunig

The Crowdless Man See him wandering alone, The crowdless man, He has no group, He has no tribe, He carries his identity in his pocket. His pocket has a hole in it, His story has a hole in it, His … Continue reading

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Michael Leunig on Receiving ourselves just as we are

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Michael Leunig on Islands of Loveliness

This feels especially poignant and especially important, this week. The writer has had a difficult few years personally, and is close to the lives of many others who would say the same. One thing she has learned is that it … Continue reading

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Michael Leunig – More to Life

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Michael Leunig on accompanying ourselves

Touching, tender one from Michael……let’s all do more of this in 2015. Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

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A Herbal Remedy for Lifeache – Michael Leunig

Click on the link to visit the Michael Leunig Appreciation Page on Facebook, for this lovely gentle cartoon. We enjoyed the herbal remedy (which we know to be effective), and the therapeutic presence of the duck. Palace Gate Counselling Service, … Continue reading

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Michael Leunig – The 3 a.m. Wake Up

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Michael Leunig: Aftermath

Click on the image for a larger version of this lovely, gentle, life-affirming cartoon by Michael Leunig. And here’s a link to lots else on Michael’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Leunig-Appreciation-Page/175074566012104?sk=timeline Palace Gate Counselling Service, Exeter

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Michael Leunig & Heartbreak

Michael Leunig & Heartbreak Click on the title to visit the – lovely – Michael Leunig Appreciation page on Facebook for this poem about how we might meet ourselves in a healing way, when our hearts are ‘cut or cracked … Continue reading

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