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Hearing the Cries of the World – Mark Nepo

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

https://parabola.org/2016/06/14/hearing-the-cries-of-the-world-by-mark-nepo/ “True connection requires that a part of us dissolves in order to join with what we meet. This is always both painful and a revelation, as who we are is rearranged slightly, so that aliveness beyond us can enter … Continue reading →

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2016: The Reveal – Charlotte Du Cann

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://dark-mountain.net/blog/2016-the-reveal/ Click on the above link to visit http://www.dark-mountain.net for Charlotte’s article, another powerful Zeitgeist piece at the end of a big, shadow-filled year:- ‘This alchemical moment has nothing to do with social justice, or environmentalism or any of the … Continue reading →

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‘From the Ashes’ Ian Adams

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘You have spent a lifetime quietly mourning or ignoring your losses and your lostness with no funeral, no wake and no way to nurture your joy. Time for a burial. No, for a burning! For a great funeral pyre that … Continue reading →

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Nine Voices – Ian Adams

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘1 Always want to be right? Welcome the sudden down pour, catching you out. 2 If you need to be needed, walk in the wood; she needs no one, but loves. 3 When you must win at all … Continue reading →

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