James Ballantyne
@1jamesb.bsky.social
Writer, blogger, educator, trainer and enjoying a new lease of joyful life!
My blog is here www.jamesballantyne.blog.
To read my story and get resources on emotional health
My blog is here www.jamesballantyne.blog.
To read my story and get resources on emotional health
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James Ballantyne
@1jamesb.bsky.social
· Sep 28
When we take care of them, they take care of us.
As I walked home from town the other day, I noticed the sad sight of this butterfly on the pavement in front of me. Nearly dead. Prematurely dead on concrete that wasn’t its destiny. I walked…
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You did not change..to live an unlived life
#mentalhealth #becoming #awakening #spirituality
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#mentalhealth #becoming #awakening #spirituality
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War makes corpses of us all. (Tolkein)
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
War makes corpses of us all. (Tolkein)
You did not change..to live an unlived life
#mentalhealth #becoming #awakening #spirituality
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#mentalhealth #becoming #awakening #spirituality
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When we take care of them, they take care of us.
As I walked home from town the other day, I noticed the sad sight of this butterfly on the pavement in front of me. Nearly dead. Prematurely dead on concrete that wasn’t its destiny. I walked…
jamesballantyne.blog
September 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
You did not change..to live an unlived life
#mentalhealth #becoming #awakening #spirituality
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/09/25/y...
#mentalhealth #becoming #awakening #spirituality
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/09/25/y...
If you require some coaching or consultation for community or youthwork
On developing gifts, purpose or areas to focus on
Do give me a call
Thank you
jamesballantyneyouthworker.co.uk/work-availab...
#youthwork #community
On developing gifts, purpose or areas to focus on
Do give me a call
Thank you
jamesballantyneyouthworker.co.uk/work-availab...
#youthwork #community
Consultation, Coaching & Training
Consultation, Coaching and Training for Youth/Community work Charities, Churches, Organisations and Individuals. I work with you so that you can care more for your workers, young people and those i…
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September 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you require some coaching or consultation for community or youthwork
On developing gifts, purpose or areas to focus on
Do give me a call
Thank you
jamesballantyneyouthworker.co.uk/work-availab...
#youthwork #community
On developing gifts, purpose or areas to focus on
Do give me a call
Thank you
jamesballantyneyouthworker.co.uk/work-availab...
#youthwork #community
I wrote this on depression
Maybe it's important to read
Or to share so that someone else who needs to read it might do so.
To let them know they are not alone
open.substack.com/pub/jamesbal...
#mentalhealth #anxiety #depression
Maybe it's important to read
Or to share so that someone else who needs to read it might do so.
To let them know they are not alone
open.substack.com/pub/jamesbal...
#mentalhealth #anxiety #depression
Me and my Darkness friend.
We need to keep talking about depression in society.
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I wrote this on depression
Maybe it's important to read
Or to share so that someone else who needs to read it might do so.
To let them know they are not alone
open.substack.com/pub/jamesbal...
#mentalhealth #anxiety #depression
Maybe it's important to read
Or to share so that someone else who needs to read it might do so.
To let them know they are not alone
open.substack.com/pub/jamesbal...
#mentalhealth #anxiety #depression
Reposted by James Ballantyne
#CofEPeeps definitely worth a read free postage from.Grove Books website or downladable
September 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#CofEPeeps definitely worth a read free postage from.Grove Books website or downladable
Just reading this by @karenod.bsky.social , find myself feeling affirmed, it's very permission giving, and a gift to anyone awakening and learning to live post trauma....thank you Karen
September 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Just reading this by @karenod.bsky.social , find myself feeling affirmed, it's very permission giving, and a gift to anyone awakening and learning to live post trauma....thank you Karen
On the last leg of the journey...the shuttle bus to #Greenbelt25
August 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
On the last leg of the journey...the shuttle bus to #Greenbelt25
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😂😂😂
July 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
😂😂😂
Quiet few days, birdwatching, slow walks
Peaceful
Peaceful
July 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Quiet few days, birdwatching, slow walks
Peaceful
Peaceful
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social just wondering if this is something you'd be interested in, just think I've seen a mink on the river Kent near to lound road in Kendal, it was definitely too small to be an otter ... Are there mink traps around or schemes to restrict them?
July 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social just wondering if this is something you'd be interested in, just think I've seen a mink on the river Kent near to lound road in Kendal, it was definitely too small to be an otter ... Are there mink traps around or schemes to restrict them?
Travelling along history today.
Civilization changed here 200 years ago.
Civilization changed here 200 years ago.
June 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Travelling along history today.
Civilization changed here 200 years ago.
Civilization changed here 200 years ago.
Very close up kestrel on cullarcotes beach today , taken just with mobile phone!
#nebirds @teesbirds.bsky.social
#nebirds @teesbirds.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Very close up kestrel on cullarcotes beach today , taken just with mobile phone!
#nebirds @teesbirds.bsky.social
#nebirds @teesbirds.bsky.social
A piece of writing from me
The lie we're conditioned to believe.
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The lie we're conditioned to believe.
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The Lie we’re conditioned to believe.
A piece on the effect of feeling conditionally ok.
jamesballantyne.blog
June 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A piece of writing from me
The lie we're conditioned to believe.
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/06/16/t...
The lie we're conditioned to believe.
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/06/16/t...
@foulshaw2.bsky.social
Just watching bobs 3 giving the other two hugs, and nestling in to them..so cute
Just watching bobs 3 giving the other two hugs, and nestling in to them..so cute
June 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@foulshaw2.bsky.social
Just watching bobs 3 giving the other two hugs, and nestling in to them..so cute
Just watching bobs 3 giving the other two hugs, and nestling in to them..so cute
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It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social hey, my partner has just found your podcasts and she loves it, great conversations on birds, moss and lizards, and it's been very relaxing as she has been struggling recently, thank you!
June 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social hey, my partner has just found your podcasts and she loves it, great conversations on birds, moss and lizards, and it's been very relaxing as she has been struggling recently, thank you!
It was great to facilitate this conversation with an organisation over a period of 18 months, developing consensus on values, purposes & actions
If this is something that you'd like to ask me about for your organisation, do contact me here
jamesballantyneyouthworker.co.uk/work-availab...
If this is something that you'd like to ask me about for your organisation, do contact me here
jamesballantyneyouthworker.co.uk/work-availab...
June 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It was great to facilitate this conversation with an organisation over a period of 18 months, developing consensus on values, purposes & actions
If this is something that you'd like to ask me about for your organisation, do contact me here
jamesballantyneyouthworker.co.uk/work-availab...
If this is something that you'd like to ask me about for your organisation, do contact me here
jamesballantyneyouthworker.co.uk/work-availab...
On cptsd and me.
I didn't realise I had it, it was my normal...as it is for so many.
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/04/16/l...
I didn't realise I had it, it was my normal...as it is for so many.
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/04/16/l...
Life with c-PTSD
I did something this week that I’ve never done before. I googled, no, I read the wikipedia article on c-ptsd. Here it is: c-PTSD Because, not for the first time in my last fe…
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June 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
On cptsd and me.
I didn't realise I had it, it was my normal...as it is for so many.
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/04/16/l...
I didn't realise I had it, it was my normal...as it is for so many.
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/04/16/l...
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
My shot of the ospreys on Tuesday afternoon
My shot of the ospreys on Tuesday afternoon
April 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
My shot of the ospreys on Tuesday afternoon
My shot of the ospreys on Tuesday afternoon
Who's have thought the new snowflakes were those threatened by books.
Displaying their insecurity to the masses.
Displaying their insecurity to the masses.
April 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Who's have thought the new snowflakes were those threatened by books.
Displaying their insecurity to the masses.
Displaying their insecurity to the masses.
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social just leaving here this evening and thought I saw a water rail in flight ....please add to the sightings!
April 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social just leaving here this evening and thought I saw a water rail in flight ....please add to the sightings!
What if we asked the beyond questions?
To create possibilities and adventures
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/04/09/d...
To create possibilities and adventures
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/04/09/d...
Discover Your ‘What Ifs’: Nurturing Imagination and Growth
What if? Is a beautiful inviting phrase.. Dont you think? or does it scare you… Because it can do either. What if? Might it invoke promise, openness, wonder, curiosity Might it be a threshold…
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April 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
What if we asked the beyond questions?
To create possibilities and adventures
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/04/09/d...
To create possibilities and adventures
jamesballantyne.blog/2025/04/09/d...