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Hi there! I'm Fiona McColl, Accredited Social Worker, Clinical Therapist and author of this blog. I've spent my 20 year career working with families who have the most complex of complex problems. I have a specialist interest and extensive experience working with individuals and families who are experiencing estrangement.
I passionately believe healing is possible for anyone who is estranged. I know this because I've done it myself. If I can heal, so can you.
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Category Archives: Tolerance
How Estrangers and Estrangees Can Co-Exist
“Solidarity does not assume that our struggles are the same struggles, or that our pain is the same pain, or that our hope is for the same future. Solidarity involves commitment, and work, as well as the recognition that even … Continue reading
Posted in Family Estrangement Topics, Tolerance
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Can You Help?
“I don’t judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention, my focus, myself.” ― Toba Beta Sunday morning, with a coffee and finally a few moments to sit and write here. I’ve been back for a week or … Continue reading
The Door Is Open
“The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.” ― Virginia Woolf We’ve had a bit of a challenging visitor here at E-Stranged of late. He doesn’t seem to understand what people here might be thinking or feeling … doesn’t … Continue reading
Becoming The Beast
“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.” ― Samuel Johnson The thing about creating a community of sorts for people to come together to reflect on family estrangement, is that it has … Continue reading
Posted in Blame, Communication, Family Estrangement Topics, Personal Responsibility, Reaction, Recovery, Tolerance
Tagged Brene Brown, communication, compassion, e-stranged, Family estrangement, family rifts, Fiona McColl, personal responsibility, Photography - pointing fingers by Tom Cadrin, recovery
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Boundaries: Not So Black and White?
“In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this isn’t a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is.” — Neal Shusterman If you have been … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Boundaries, Detachment, Family Estrangement Topics, Personal Responsibility, Reaction, Recovery, Self-Care, Tolerance
Tagged acceptance, boundaries, change, choices, communication, Coping, e-stranged, Family estrangement, family rifts, Fiona McColl, healing, learning, letting go, patterns, personal responsibility, Photography - jennipenni, reaction, recovery, self care, self protection, shame, trusting self
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