ADVENTURES ON THE VIRTUAL JUKEBOX Conversations with Dotun Adebayo, Jonathan Wingate, Catherine Hayes and the BBC R5 Live audience. THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE UNTOLD STORY OF CHRISTINE BOTT (The conspiracy to flood the world with LSD) To say the events of the last two years have exceeded all my expectations is becoming a tad …
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The Psychedelic Revolution will not be televised!
THE CONSPIRACY TO FLOOD THE WORLD WITH LSD In 1978 Dr Christine Bott was imprisoned in Durham Jail ‘H’ Wing with the 36 most dangerous women in the country. Her crime? She believed LSD could help save the human race. She believed it would benefit society, enable a human evolution that would support peace , …
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The Kiss
Since 2020, I’ve become an avid lister to BBC Radio 5 Live’s broadcaster Dotun Adebayo. Occasionally I listen in to the World Football phone in. Together with Tim Vickery, various guests, and various listeners, they offer a dialogue, a conversation that I am beginning to realise, I have waited decades to hear. This was particularly …
Keeping The Dream Alive
This six part podcast weaves together themes and thought provoking true life events with artistry and intelligence. Each episode is packed with the poignancy of our humanity. On the one hand a brain washed young policeman, indoctrinated with a narrative he can’t see through, blindly following ‘orders’ in order to bring down an earnest attempt …
Pete Sanders 1951-2022
Rest in Power Meeting Pete and Maggie in La Jolla in 2002 changed my life. They embodied ways of being that spoke of celebration, generosity of spirit, respect, value and connection. I had travelled over with Brian Thorne on a bursary of some sorts, had done a fund raiser to get the money for my …
Byron Bay Broadcast
On October 30th 2021 I was interviewed on Zoom by the broadcaster and DJ, The ice cream Kid (aka Matt Day), on his program alongstrangetrip. We spoke of Christine, her book and the relevance of her life to the challenges we are facing now. With a sound track provided by the Grateful Dead from May …
BACP and the end of Person-Centred Practice.
Since the World Association of person-centred and experiential psychotherapy and counselling (WAPCEPC) conference was held at the University of East Anglia in 2008, I have focused my energies on the development of the person-centred approach in England in the NHS. At that conference, it was announced that for the first time, the government was going …
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The Untold Story of Christine Bott
My dear friend Christine died in 2007. We met in the 90’s when we both bowled up at the University of East Anglia to study the person-centred approach under the guidance of Professor Brian Thorne and Dr Judy Moore. We became firm friends. In 2021 I have finally self published the story she wrote about …
No Justice No Peace
Person-Centred Approach and White Privilege Its April 21st 2021. For me it’s a significant day. I am a white woman (she/her) and, today, or probably yesterday taking in time differences, a white man in America who was a policeman, has been convicted of 3 counts of murder and is unlikely to see ‘freedom’ for 40 …
NHS Alexa
So, its arrived. The brave new world is here. I just wish the Giles cartoonist was still alive. I’d love some light relief with his take on Grandma and the family’s use of Alexa.. Alexa, I feel anxious… what will Alexa say? What advice will be given.. who is the expert ? Through the NHS …