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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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Choosing To Let Go
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. – Arthur Ashe It’s a strange thing how so many of us stay tangled up in situations and relationships that leave us feeling depleted, sad, angry, powerless and convinced … Continue reading
Our Own Worst Enemy
“Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: ‘Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it’s enemy action’.” ― Ian Fleming Have you ever found yourself recounting all the things someone has “done to you”? Do you have a … Continue reading
Posted in Family Estrangement Topics, Personal Responsibility, Recovery, Self-Care, Victimization
Tagged e-stranged, Family estrangement, family estrangment, family rifts, Fiona McColl, learning, pain, patterns, personal responsibility, photography - fiona mccoll, recovery, responsibility, self care, self protection
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Still Life
“I’m afraid of time… I mean, I’m afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. I’m afraid of the quick judgements or mistakes everybody makes. You can’t … Continue reading
Bad (For Me) People
“I’ve heard that people stand in bad situations because a relationship like that gets turned up by degrees. It is said that a frog will jump out of a pot of boiling water. Place him in a pot and turn … Continue reading
Posted in Boundaries, Detachment, Family Estrangement Topics, Personal Responsibility, Recovery, Self-Care
Tagged choices, e-stranged, Family estrangement, family rifts, Fiona McColl, healing, learning, leaving, patterns, personal responsibility, photography-izzybones, recovery, responsibility, self care, self protection
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When No Means No
“By choosing recovery and risking to be real, we set the healthy boundaries that say, “I am in charge of my recovery and my life, and no one else on this Earth is.” — Charles L. Whitfield If we are going … Continue reading
Posted in Boundaries, Detachment, Family Estrangement Topics, Personal Responsibility, Reaction, Recovery, Self-Care
Tagged e-stranged, Family estrangement, family rifts, Fiona McColl, healing, learning, letting go, personal responsibility, photography - Emote by SpiralGoddess, recovery, responsibility, self care, self protection, trusting self
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