There are Eighty One Subscribers to my Blog. There are also a few more who read regularly….
Combined with the two hundred and eighty odd friends on Facebook, I think I should be able to reach a few more than Four Hundred People with tonights Declaration of Intent….
Firstly the background…..
I visited South West Counselling after engaging the Employee Assistance Program at work, around two years ago…..
During those early sessions, I worked with the counsellor to explore the scale of my stress, and anguish in response to an unprecedented series of challenging family circumstances that unfolded simultaneously.
As my relationship with the Counsellor, who I shall refer to as “M”, developed we explored more of my personal challenges, and in particular, my ongoing Gender Dysphoria.
M was clearly not disturbed by my descriptions of how the incongruence around between my self and my physical form manifested itself in my daily life. This was a surprise for me, I carried with me, a belief that this condition was at its very best disturbing and at worse, just downright Evil.
Over the coming weeks M took me on a journey that began to scare me. I shared with Jane, that I needed to stop going to see M. The sessions were unlocking feelings that had been compressed into a tiny space for a lifetime, and I really didn’t want to expose my family to the potential outcome of those feelings. Jane, of course, took it all in her stride, she knew what I was getting at, gave me a warm sincere hug, and told me if it was what needed to happen, then she was with me. For such a momentous moment, it was a remarkably simple conversation. With my worries assuaged, the sessions continued….
One of the more powerful sessions resulted in M sharing with me the joy that she experiences from seeing people living true to themselves. We also discussed the the remarkably liberating experience of going through a change to become who we truly are. Much of this conversation was not necessarily in a “Trans” context, but in a more Existential holistic way.
We did of course spend time talking about how that move to a True Self would look for me, and it is for this reason that I regard South West Counselling, and M, in particular as “My Mid Wives.”
More recently South West Counselling have provided me with vital Life Saving support…..
So its time to put something back.
Declaration of Intent
South West Counselling is a not for profit organisation that does remarkable work with limited funding, so on the 14th of August 2016, I will climb into my activewear and attempt to run 12km during the Busselton City to Surf Event.
I will do so, not because I love running, nor will I do it because I love activewear, I will definitely not be doing this because I look so damn good in skin tight shiny lycra…..
South West Counselling gave me something rare and valuable. Something so rare that very few people have an opportunity to enjoy the same luxury…..South West Counselling gave me a Second Chance.
So I will do this because I want more people in this beautiful community to have that important second chance.
It is my intention to complete the 12km run, and in doing so, put $5000 into the South West Counselling Bank Account…
Please use this link if you would like to donate….. >> Thanks for Pulling Me Through….
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