The Mask You Live In
How are we letting down generations of young men? This is a superb video exploring masculinity in our society. Whilst it is based upon young American boys and men, it surely translates to most western cultures. How does overbearing masculine dogma affect not only the young men receiving such ‘training’, but society at large and …
We repeat what we don’t repair: From Addictive secrecy to a liberated self – Mark Drax ICAAD Presentation 2019
My presentation at ICAAD 2019
Recovery Coaching – Mark Drax ICAAD Presentation 2018
My ICAAD 2018 presentation on Recovery Coaching
Breaking the Cycle of Bullying
“Hurt people hurt people!” These first four words of this moving video are all you really need to remember. I encourage you to watch all of it, to provoke thought about the importance of breaking the cycle of abuse and bullying within a family, a company, an entire culture and indeed any group in which oppression can run …
Dance with your inner child
What do you see in this beautiful dance? For me, it talks to the importance of remembering to dance with your inner child, as often as you can.
The Power Of Vulnerability; by Brene Brown
Brene Brown at her original and best. A must-see video that I believe destroys the myth that vulnerability is weakness and forms the basis of all healthy emotionality.
My journey into ‘Myself’ in the Peruvian Amazon
In November 2017, I decided to try something a little off the beaten track. Inspired by the work of Dr Gabor Mate, and needing to re-centre myself following the death of my father and more painful revelations earlier in the year, I ventured to the Peruvian Amazon to take a deeper look inside myself with the …
Listening To Shame; by Brene Brown
Brene Brown’s brilliant follow-up TED Talk to her earlier one on Vulnerability, Here she tackles the other critical element of her work- Shame!
Attachment Theory’ made easy
The father of attachment theory is a man called John Bowlby who first brought this whole concept into the public eye in the 1960s. From my own Google search- “Edward John Mostyn Bowlby CBE, MA, BChir, MD, MRCP, FRCP, FRCPsych, Hon ScD was a British psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child …
