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Favourite book & pop song?<br />
There are sooooo many to chose and I am<br />
indecisive ?I always state I have attention deficit, I<br />
get bored easily so even if I have thoroughly<br />
enjoyed a book, there is only 1 that I have read<br />
several times over the years & cherish it being on<br />
my book shelf; Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber. It’s<br />
a record of the earliest diagnosed case of multiple<br />
personality (now known as, Dissociative Identity<br />
Disorder) Sybil had 16. Her abuse as a child to<br />
me clearly explains why the brain ‘produces’<br />
these multiple personalities to be able to ‘manage’<br />
the reality that the person is faced with.<br />
From human to human, it is a distressing read, but<br />
the psychology of the mind and its still unknown<br />
depths, just blows me away. It’s fascinating. Pop<br />
song wise, Im gonna take 2 – I am a none<br />
conformist ?<br />
How do you relax, this is all intense stuff?<br />
It is intense stuff yes & I could be in a constant<br />
state of fury or hopelessness. But instead, I plan<br />
in down time, especially after a 3-day training<br />
event, it takes a lot out of me emotionally, but I<br />
love it! In that down time, I allow myself to go with<br />
the flow; do something I fancy or do nothing – just<br />
refuel. And of course, I have my beautiful family<br />
and friends to give me a change of focus, lotsa<br />
love, a lorra laughs and glamming up & getting on<br />
my dancing shoes – is definitely good therapy for<br />
me. Yoga is always a visiting friend – I’m into Hot<br />
Pod Yoga currently, I love it & when I can’t<br />
squeeze sessions in, I miss it. Having said all of<br />
that, I do also get re-energised by knowing I have<br />
changed a perspective. Plus all those amazingly<br />
strong victims and survivors, all of whom I feel it is<br />
a great privilege for me to be able to walk along<br />
side them for a few steps of their journey, I am<br />
humbled to do so.<br />
What advice do you wish you had been given<br />
when you were younger?<br />
Hmm good question. I could list a whole thesis of<br />
‘advice’ that would have been useful. But really, if<br />
the Freedom Programme had been around as a<br />
part of my education in school – I think that would<br />
have informed & enabled a different path. I would<br />
have had a deeper understanding of human<br />
behaviour; including my own.<br />
My mantra over the years has been Tori Amos<br />
debut album Little Earthquakes (of which I love<br />
every track) But specifically; Silent All These<br />
Years, just so resonates as it undoubtedly would<br />
for anyone who has experienced any level of<br />
abuse – silence is a thing of the past for me & has<br />
been for some years. I find it grounding & it also<br />
enables an occasional look over my shoulder at<br />
the journey to date.<br />
My other cheeky track is to celebrate the party girl<br />
within me, as well as marking positive change &<br />
growth, it’s Shapeshifters; Lola’s Theme – I love it!<br />
Makes my heart smile & my feet dance. Every<br />
time.<br />
Clare, it has been an absolute pleasure<br />
interviewing you and we hope to see much<br />
more of you in <strong>CCChat</strong>.<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT CLARE<br />
DOES:<br />
www.clarewalkerconsultancy.com<br />
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