How I became a Spiritual Seeker — The Chapbook Chapters

As requested by Britni Pepper in her helpful article aimed at ILLUMINATION Book Chapter authors, please find below a “table of contents” of chapters so far published for “Sex Saved me from a Christian Cult”. I’ve found that publishing in chapter form requires particular editing so as to ensure the correct flow and pace in this format. I’m a little time poor at the moment, so I’ll get back to you with the final chapters, ASAP.

If this is the first time you’ve visited me, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Alison Tennent and I’ve been lost in…

Find out why, in my latest Soapbox Sermon — You’re Not An Empath.
Originally published at https://www.garrulousglaswegian.com

There’s a current tendency among woo practitioners to dub themselves “Empaths”. But, of course they’re not.

Because nobody is.

You’re not a dolphin because you can swim. You’re not Cupid because you can feel love. And you’re not an “Empath” because you feel Empathy. Deanna Troi was a fictional character.

Dubbing yourself Ship’s Counsellor might make you feel special, but it’s wandering into dangerous territory and can cause issues.

Find out why, in my latest Soapbox Sermon — You’re Not An Empath.

Coming…

The breeze is helpful in the way toddlers are, shimmying the plastic drop cloths, gently tugging them free to float towards the paint, scattering spatters and wafting insects to their doom.

Minute creatures have been nose-diving into my iced water, drowning with cool relief in search of respite from a lackadaisical Queensland morning. We’ve already beaten the estimated temperature by two degrees, six weeks into Spring.

My skin is greasy with sunblock, factor balaclava, visor clamped to my head. I’ve brushed and hosed the door down, it dried almost instantly in the rising heat, and now I’m patiently applying masking…

Originally published at https://www.garrulousglaswegian.com on April 7, 2021.

One of the most famous families in the world has been having a somewhat awkward public spat. Or rather, two of its members have been lecturing anyone who will listen about their feelings.

There are basically two schools of thought on this recent media circus.

School 1 includes those of us who understand that having a fantastically affluent, privileged life enabling thousands of choices which allow you to pay for any mental health or other care you want, to travel in a private jet to hundreds of different destinations at the drop…

If you're talking about the troll I think you may be talking about — my feeling is that she is a genuine loon. Not a very bright woman, but a terribly unhappy one by the looks of it. She’s also at best a very average writer, with delusions of competency.

She tried to troll me, I laughed at her and she blocked me. I know this because I went back later to block her to spare myself any more responses, and could not view her as she had enacted the “spew trollish nonsense then run away and quickly block in…

Originally published at https://vocal.media 6th April 2021

In secondary school, I had a French teacher called Mrs Valdillo De Mann. She had a soft, sibilant voice, and although I enjoyed French classes for the most part, I’d find myself feeling inexplicably soporific and relaxed when she talked in a low voice for extended periods. My eyelids would become drowsy and cumbersome; my limbs turn to lead weights. Sometimes all I wanted to do was lay my head on the desk and let her voice talk me into slumber.

I found it confusing, and when I mentioned it to my friends…

My second video introduction to authors for ILLUMINATION Book Chapters. Here’s a link to the first.

I’m going to be making a few videos of some of the writers for ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, time permitting. My second video introduction is of a fascinating thinker, a spiritual teacher and student, who has recently published a book called “Embodying Soul, A Return to Wholeness” Keri Mangis.

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Fair winds and a following sea,
Alison Tennent, April 2021, Queensland, Australia

My first video introduction to authors for ILLUMINATION Book Chapters.

Those of you familiar with my work may know that as well as writing and PodCasting, I began another hobby a few months ago — making videos.

For fun, and to help spread the word about Dr Mehmet Yildiz’s clever new opportunity for writers ILLUMINATION Book Chapters, I made a celebratory video. And as a complement to that, I’ve been working on a few videos for my friend Dr M. to celebrate some of his new writers.

First cab off the rank is a lovely lady, poet and lover of…