Unravelling a Certain Word

Unravelling a certain word My father used to have a particular expression when he felt that someone was misusing a word, an almost imperceptible twitch between his eyebrows and at the sides of his nose when someone said ‘disinterested’ when they meant...

The Banality of Petty Evils

It was an almost ordinary Sunday afternoon in West London, warm for February, enough so that some shops had their doors propped open. Two young men were crouching beside one, shovelling boxed up jars of honey from a display into a large shopping bag. As I sidled...

The Fear of Everything

The Fear of Everything This is about those times when everything has become frightening—those day, weeks or months when the darkness of our internal story has become a form of paralysis. Everything has ground to a halt, and it seems impossible to imagine the...

Justine has added a new blog entry: What Matters?

Justine has added a new blog entry: What Matters? It is a question that we often ask people within the therapeutic relationship. The answers mirror our relationship with our life. You can see it here: https://www.justinehardy.com/blogpost/what-matters/ or click...