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From destitution and homelessness to nightclub bouncer and close protection expert, author Robin Barratt shares his journey to becoming a Good Energy Therapist and his new book, The Little Book of Good Energy

December 12, 2013 // 1 Comment

I have seriously considered leaving this desperate and hopeless life to the other world. You can say I have been to the brink and back, more than once. But I have always tried to keep a good heart and to be kind, and to try to think of others. And what has kept me going, even during the bleakest and darkest of days? Good energy and a positive attitude. If this has kept me going, then this can keep others going too, no matter what their background or life’s experiences.

In the Booth with Ruth – Tony DeLuca, Indie Electronic Musician

December 9, 2013 // 0 Comments

Often, I just feel like picking up a guitar or sitting down at the piano and playing, and the ideas usually come about... It’s really an improvisational way of writing music... Much of my music is instrumental, although some songs do have meaningful lyrics. Usually those lyrics come about after the music is already written.

In the Booth with Ruth – Tomaca Govan, Singer & Songwriter

December 5, 2013 // 3 Comments

I define myself as ‘simply a singer’. But I, like all of us, am so much more than just one thing... I plan to allow myself to be more open to my own creativity and my own voice, which is something I had to shut down for a little while. So I look forward to ‘the more’ that I will experience as I open the gate wider and wider... I want to leave positive things behind for others, whether it's music, poetry, art, books or other forms of inspiration.

To Train Up A Child: a child abuse manual – Please support the campaign to get this banned

December 3, 2013 // 32 Comments

Trigger warning: child abuse, physical abuse To Train Up A Child: a child abuse manual (via http://donnanavarro.com) ‘To Train Up A Child’ is a parenting book by

In the Booth with Ruth – Andy Behrman aka Electroboy, Author and Mental Health Advocate & Speaker

November 27, 2013 // 3 Comments

I'm drawn to the memoir genre because if I don’t write about my own experience, I feel like I'm drowning in it and I do need to ‘get it out’ and make sense of what is happening in my life... I can’t grasp the concept of fiction because the idea of ‘making up details’ or creating characters, for some reason, just doesn’t make sense to me when I already have so much information right in front of me...

In the Booth with Ruth – Ruth Watson-Morris, Author

November 25, 2013 // 4 Comments

I am a disabled graduate and have used writing as my escape from all that is going wrong with my body. I cannot get a job, so did the best I could with the skills I have, which seems to be working well for me... I have written six books: Fantacia, Bellazard, Orion, Sky, How to be a Writer, or Not! and Black & White Roses. I am mainly a dark fantasy writer for adults.

In the Booth with Ruth – Suzan Collins, Author

November 17, 2013 // 6 Comments

I used to manage care homes and during that time, I recognised there was a gap in the training delivered and that information was needed for my staff team, so I wrote some open learning workbooks to fill these gaps... My latest book, which has just been released 'Beyond My Control: Why The Health and Social Care System Need Not Have Failed My Mother' was difficult to write as it’s a true account of how my late mum suffered.

In the Booth with Ruth – Rupert de Cesaris, Author

November 4, 2013 // 3 Comments

I write in whichever genre the story that’s demanding to be told falls into. 'Chilled' is a crime thriller but also a political thriller; 'In the Wake of Angels' is a spy thriller and I have another political thriller in the pipeline. I also research and write about PTSD and am working on an autobiography / self-help book which is much more academic.

Coming Back from Soul Destruction – Ruth Jacobs interviewed on Women Move the Soul

October 30, 2013 // 7 Comments

We know them. We all know a woman who struggles with drugs and alcohol. Perhaps she’s a woman in your family, a friend or even a co-worker, but we know them. If you have not been a drug addict then you cannot know what they go through. You can’t imagine the pain they feel from moment to moment and the things that they are driven to do because of that addiction.... Ruth Jacobs has been there – in the very recesses of hell – and she came back to us...

In the Booth with Ruth – Hannah Clive, Singer & Songwriter

October 29, 2013 // 3 Comments

I am a singer/songwriter in the classic sense of the word, penning classic melodies and lyrics... Authentic life experience but conveyed in an accessible way: either that of others or my own, particularly those of women - and relationships... I am drawn to such subjects for the emotion and...

In the Booth with Ruth – Kevin Jaffray, Drug Harm Reduction & Recovery Activist

October 27, 2013 // 24 Comments

Those feelings and the memories of feeling so alone are at the heart of everything I do in the field today. The empathy towards those who are living with the same feelings and fighting against the same demons and stigma that I felt during those years drives me to stay connected to those who are living with addiction and all its surrounding issues.

In the Booth with Ruth – Aurora Morealist, Author

October 22, 2013 // 16 Comments

SPIRITSHINE is a book of verse resulting from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. When I was plunged into the depths of PTSD, I really was alone with nothing and no one safe to...

Taking Ideology to the Streets: Sex Work and How to Make Bad Things Worse

October 20, 2013 // 16 Comments

As I make her a cup of hot chocolate and count out free condoms, Dana takes a seat, tells me about last night. She waited on the streets for hours, frequently changing location in order to avoid police attention. The boyracers were out as usual, yelling abuse and throwing eggs as they sped by.... Gradually, the few remaining clients wore her down, and she agreed to do business with them for less than the usual price. She was out so long that she missed her hostel’s curfew and had to stay out...

Chrysalis Network Lures Children to be Sexually Abused on SexWork4U Website

October 20, 2013 // 26 Comments

A few days ago, when I was alerted to a website advertising for children to be sexually abused, I never expected it to be satire. The SexWork4U.com website advertised for ‘child sex workers’ to ‘start a rewarding career today’. There was a sign up form for children to make contact and another form to ‘refer friends and family’... SexWork4U had a Twitter account... After only 9 tweets, they had a following of 257 people. A lethal mix of 257 child sex abusers and vulnerable children.