Megbarker
MY BLOGS
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Social Mindfulness
http://socialmindfulness.wordpress.com/
Social mindfulness draws together projects which explore the social potentials of mindfulness. The kinds of issues and topics explored on the social mindfulness blog include:
The potential of existing mindfulness practices for addressing social issues, such as conflict, sustainability, and discrimination.
The development of mindfulness practices which are explicitly social and/or collective (e.g. with the aim of improving empathy, or conducted in conversations or groups).
Explorations of the possibility of mindful relationships.
Dialogues between mindfulness and social theory, social science and social psychology.
Mindfulness therapies which are located more explicitly within sociocultural understandings of human experience.
The application of mindfulness to social settings, such as healthcare, education, and social work. -
Northern Existential Group
http://northernexistentialgroup.wordpress.com/
Northern UK group on existential philosophy, psychology and psychotherapy
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BiUK
http://bisexualresearch.wordpress.com/
The UK national organisation for bisexual research and activism
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Rewriting the Rules
http://rewritingtherules.wordpress.com/
A blog on love, sex and relationships covering issues such as self-help, break-up, communication, conflict, marriage, LGBTQ, monogamy, non-monogamy, break-up, gender, sexuality, commitment, romance, depression, self-care, society, mindfulness, existentialism, philosophy, psychology, and counselling/therapy.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 326 )
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Buzzfeed for Valentine’s Day
Thanks to my fab publishers, Routledge, I’m included on a Buzzfeed for a second time, this time for Valentine’s Day. I’m loving the fact that they’ve put my... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
BDSM 101: Consent, Consent, Consent
This week I’m blogging about kink up to the film release of Fifty Shades of Grey. In the previous three days I’ve covered mythbusting, finding out more, and... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
BDSM 101: Figuring Out, and Communicating, What You’re into
This week I’m blogging about kink up to the film release of Fifty Shades of Grey. Yesterday focused on finding out more. Today I’m covering how to figure out,... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
BDSM 101: Finding out More About Kink
This week I’m blogging about kink up to the film release of Fifty Shades of Grey. Yesterday was an introduction. Today I’m focusing on how to find out more abou... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
BDSM 101 (or What to Do and What Not to Do from Fifty Shades of Grey)
The film of Fifty Shades of Grey is out this week to much excitement and media attention. As somebody who has researched with BDSM communities for over a decade... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
LGBT History in the Making: Stonewall Bisexuality Consultation
On Saturday 7th February several members of BiUK attended a historic event: the first consultation between Stonewall UK and bisexual communities. Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Why Be Normal?
This Valentine’s day I’ll be taking a break from my usual topics of this time of year and I’ll be blogging about the Fifty Shades of Grey movie which is release... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Biphobia in the Pansexual Community
Sali Owen (twitter: @SaliWho) writes:As awareness of non-binary gender identities has developed, some members of the queer community have chosen to identify as... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
New Research on Bisexual Women’s Mental Health
Lisa Colledge writes:On 14 January 2015, sexual health researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) published a new UK study in... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Buzzfeed New Year Tips
Wow I made it onto one of those Buzzfeed lists with a couple of my (anti) new year resolution tips!It was part of a selection of Routledge authors providing... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Self-help on the Radio!
Yesterday I was included in the Radio 4 programme talking about self-help in general and Rewriting the Rules in particular. You can catch the episode on the... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Year Resolutions
It’s that time again! As people who have read this blog before will know, I’m not a huge fan of New Year resolutions. First because I’m not convinced that... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
2014 in Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.Here’s an excerpt:The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Monogamy
Since Rewriting the Rules was published I sometimes get asked to do email interviews with journalists on various topics. Some of these get published in an edite... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Dealing with the Tough Stuff: The Value of Noticing
This blog post has been bubbling away for a while. I want to write about the process that I’ve found helpful when struggling with difficult feelings. Read more
Posted on 04 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sex in Long Term Relationships
Since Rewriting the Rules was published I sometimes get asked to do email interviews with journalists on various topics. Some of these get published in an edite... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
What Can We Learn from the History of Sexology?
This morning I was very excited to be included on Radio 4’s Today Programme talking about the new Wellcome Collection exhibition: The Institute of Sexology. Read more
Posted on 19 November 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
The Internet and Relationships
Since Rewriting the Rules was published I sometimes get asked to do email interviews with journalists on various topics. Some of these get published in an edite... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Self-help
Since Rewriting the Rules was published I sometimes get asked to do email interviews with journalists on various topics. Some of these get published in an edite... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sex Blogging Superhero!
I’m stoked that I was voted in the top 100 sex blogger superheroes this year by the kinkly website. So great to hear that people are enjoying my posts on sex an... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY