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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Jealousy
A couple of months back somebody was running a workshop on jealousy and was collecting together ideas from a few different people who’d written on the topic.... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sexual Ethics
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 20 October 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
The Future of Gender
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 13 October 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Consensual Relationships Revisited
Applying the concept of consent to all relationships in various ways.Content warning: abusive relationships and abusive sex are touched on briefly in this... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Thank You: The Psychology of Gratitude and Appreciation
My university, The Open University, has recently started a ‘thank you’ campaign (#OU_thanks) where students and alumni have been encouraged to express their... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
LGBT Manifesto – out Today
BiUK was proud to be involved in producing the LGBT manifesto along with other members of the LGBT consortium. We ensured that it linked nicely with the key... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2014 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
The LGBT Manifesto: Important for Everyone
Something I’m very proud of being part of recently was putting together this LGBT manifesto with the LGBT consortium. The idea is to have a manifesto that we ca... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sex Therapy: Stop Trying to Be ‘normal’
Yesterday The Observer published its special issue on sex. Based on their survey of British sexual attitudes and practices, the issue contains several... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Open Relationships Revisited
Applying the concept of openness to all relationships in various ways.Content warning: relationship conflict and abusive relationships are touched on briefly... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Love Myths
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 September 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Born This Way? Thoughts on the Gay Gene for DIVA
In their August issue, DIVA magazine included a great article by Louise Carolin about recent questioning of the idea that being gay is ‘all in the genes’. Read more
Posted on 08 September 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Non-monogamous 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 11 August 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Bisexuality Interview on Biscuit Magazine
I did an interview with Biscuit magazine this week about bisexuality:“There is a vicious cycle of bi invisibility”: An interview with Meg BarkerMeg Barker is a... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
BDSM: What Do We Know?
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 21 July 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Open Democracy Blog on Trigger Warnings
Thanks so much for the folk over at Open Democracy Magazine for re-publishing my trigger warnings blog post (edited down a bit! Read more
Posted on 15 July 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Minister Acknowledges Work with Bi Communities in Addressing Mental Health...
Helen Grant (The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport) was recently asked what discussions the UK Government Equalities Office ha... Read more
Posted on 13 July 2014 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Collaborative Approaches to Conflict
Yesterday I ran some training on relationship therapy for counsellors which involved exploring various different approaches and techniques. Read more
Posted on 13 July 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Trigger Warning: Trigger Warnings (towards a Different Approach)
There has been a great deal of discussion lately on the topic of trigger warnings. First a spate of articles appeared in the press describing situations in whic... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Talk: Love, Sex and Gender
All this week the Open University Social Sciences Faculty is running its Student Connections Conference: A range of online talks and discussions on a wide... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Infidelity
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 30 June 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY