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When in an impossible situation, life can still offer new opportunities
Dear all, Thank you to Santable, and to anyone else who still reads my posts. I realise I haven’t been ‘giving’ as much as I’ve been ‘taking’ with my blogging activities, and there are a few reasons for this which are difficult to explain, but God knows. I’m sorry for any offence caused and thanks… Continue reading
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Life Update: Living Without Money
A year or so ago, the Lord led me to distance myself from all my friends and family. It was the strangest thing; they were all attacking me on the phone. In retrospect, it seems as though this was a process that the Lord was leading me through to live with Him alone as my… Continue reading
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Complicated
My housing situation. My financial circumstances. My family life. My church life. My identity. The mental health system. Theology. Technology. It’s all so complicated. All I can do is shed tears of despair and be thankful for those tears. Because God is merciful and moments of relief are a precious blessing. Continue reading
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Just Let Go
The power of surrendering is quite amazing. Sometimes, even though we may not realise it, we are fighting an internal battle as we go about our day. Perhaps we are driven by ambition, perhaps we have certain responsibilities that are causing us stress. Whatever the situation, it is possible to let go, cease struggling, and… Continue reading
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Autogenic Training
I recently rediscovered Autogenic Training, which is an effective technique for reducing stress and anxiety and the onset of panic attacks. It is a simple technique but works really well to restore the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system. If that sounds complicated, let’s just say it’s very relaxing!… Continue reading
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Photoshoot for The Sun newspaper
Earlier this week, my publicist Jenna dropped me an email to let me know that The Sun were looking for people with a mental illness to take part in a photoshoot. The shoot, I was told, would be to accompany a feature in the newspaper’s health section, and would be a positive article aiming to… Continue reading
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Steven Colborne is an author, musician and counsellor living in the United Kingdom. On this blog he writes about philosophy, religion and spirituality and shares a variety of personal articles.
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