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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Book Out Today: Hell Yeah Self Care!
My new book with the fabulous Alex Iantaffi - Hell Yeah Self Care! - comes out today. It's a workbook full of information and activities about self-care and... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Alternative Academia
If you're interested in my occasional thoughts on academic life - having left - there's a new discussion piece where David Robertson and I share our thoughts... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Words Matter: Non-Binary Gender
Thanks so much to Reina Shimizu who interviewed me for Vogue Japan this month in their 'words matter' section on non-binary gender. Here's the English language... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Queer Activism and Mental Health Activism: The Need For Dialogue
Recently I was asked to speak on a panel for NSUN - the National Survivor User Network - about what mental health activism and LGBTQIA+ activism could learn fro... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sex/gender Episode of NatureBang
Today I was featured on a sex/gender episode of the Radio 4 show NatureBang along with Professor Jenny Graves. We spoke about sex/gender diversity across the... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
On Queer Writing
Congratulations to Queerlings magazine: a magazine for queer writing which started up today. Many thanks to the editors - Chris, Tom, Scott Ezra - for asking... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Consensual Events
In the weeks leading up to #IDOConsent on 30th November I'm sharing a few posts dealing with consent and non-consent at all levels: in wider culture, in our... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Gaslighting and Consent
In the weeks leading up to #IDOConsent on 30th November I'm sharing a few posts dealing with consent and non-consent at all levels: in wider culture, in our... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Consensual Relationships
In the weeks leading up to #IDOConsent on 30th November I'm sharing a few posts dealing with consent and non-consent at all levels: in wider culture, in our... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Self-care, Trauma, and Embodiment Podcast
Recently Alex Iantaffi and I spoke at an embodiment conference about our upcoming book, Hell Yeah Self Care. Alex released the dialogue over on their podcast,... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
So Many Wings Mental Health Podcast
I was stoked recently to be interviewed for the So Many Wings podcast, which is one of my favourite podcasts - about transformatice mental health and social... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Bi Visibility: How to Be a Good Friend
A couple of bits from me for bi awareness week. First I'll be on this panel tonight talking about bi visibility and mental health. ELOP LGBT centre are... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Leaving Academia
To complete my surprise trilogy of academic publications in the year after leaving academia, my interview about leaving academia with Daniel Cardoso is now... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Self-Care Update
My zine Hell Yeah Self-Care has led to two exciting developments recently that I want to update you on. Self-care box First, the lovely people at Lagusta's... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sapiosexuality
I was recently interviewed about sapiosexuality for a Cosmo article on the topic. You can read that article here, and my full interview below. What is... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Plural Mindfulness / Mindful Plurality
In this post two of my selves, Ara and Max, discuss how plurality can unlock features of mindfulness which can otherwise be difficult to access such as self... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Plurality and Trauma – 2 – Practices
In this post my two most studious parts - James and Beastie - return to revisit the question of plurality and what we have learnt about it since they last got... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Plurality and Trauma – 1 – Theory
In this post my two most studious parts - James and Beastie - return to revisit the question of plurality and what we have learnt about it since they last got... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Accompanying Vs. Abandoning Ourselves
During these last months of addressing my stuck patterns and trauma responses, one piece that's become increasingly important has been the idea of accompanying... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Trans and Sex
I recently took part in an Instagram Q A for Sh! women's sex store all about trans and sex. I thought I'd share my responses here. You can watch the live... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY