Theresa SjoquistThis poem was commended by the inaugural Mercedes Webb-Pullman Poetry Award on 28 July 2024. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-EMzLritpA/ A series of ninety-second reels is in constant production and being uploaded regularly to the Theresa Sjoquist Writer Youtube channel. The series is based on my latest book, with publishers, but not yet published. The book addresses victim-think […]
Charlie is still a baby, not yet six months old, but every day he ranges further out of his comfort zone, and sometimes get’s himself into sticky situations. He likes to have a warm shower, and will stand, neck craned, gulping water from a single jet of water he has identified among the many jets. […]
The difference between discerning where a problem lies and blaming is that blaming comes from our emotions, specifically fear. When we blame we are afraid of something, usually a loss of some kind. As a culture, we are in the habit of blaming. It comes up with us from childhood, usually because we have never […]
The choice of victimhood through blaming can be very subtle so it’s easy to fall into a state of victimhood as children when we don’t recognise that there are other options. That leads to the habit of abdicating or abandoning personal responsibility. I believe that the abdication of personal responsibility is probably one of the […]
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