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‘5 Signs You’re on the Hero’s Journey’ Alison Nappi

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.writewithspirit.com/blog/5-signs-youre-on-the-heros-journey Yesterday’s post included a Joseph Campbell reference, and today we remain with the themes of the hero’s journey, and the importance of mythology in our quest for meaning. Laurie Penny and Alison Nappi have written very different pieces around these themes … Continue reading →

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John Bramblitt’s paintings, from the Daily Share

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Beautiful, heart-swelling story….and the paintings are glorious….Inner vision, expressed through touch – tenderness, joy, aliveness, connection, love, energy, the natural and human worlds. Just remarkable. Thank you to Shawn Rubin on Facebook for drawing our attention to this. Palace … Continue reading →

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Wendell Berry on pride, despair & fragments of a music

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘There is the bad work of pride. There is also the bad work of despair – done poorly out of the failure of hope or vision. Despair is the too-little of responsibility, as pride is the too-much. The shoddy work … Continue reading →

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The Secret of Life – Jim Carrey

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Lovely….About presence, faith, and manifesting beauty. Love or Fear? ‘Within each of us, there is a silence, a silence as vast as the universe, and when we experience that silence, we remember who we are.’ Gunilla Norris Palace Gate Counselling … Continue reading →

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Toko-pa: Disappointment: An Invitation to Create

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Toko-pa: Disappointment: An Invitation to Create Click on the title for another interesting and lovely post from Toko-pa, about how experiences of disappointment, staleness or boredom carry the seeds of inspiration, creativity and transformation….. We love the quotation she ends … Continue reading →

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