Christina Patterson: Getting Out of Your Own Way: Are You Unknowingly Self-Sabotaging?

2022-06-06

Christina Patterson found herself in the heartbreaking position of being the last one left in a loving and beloved family. She took on the task of writing the story of her family and her place in it. In the process, Christina explored the ways in which our personal history can cause us to “get in our way”, self-sabotaging as we work through the suffering experienced both by ourselves and others in the family. Christina and Andrew also discuss: Living with mental illness Finding and losing rel...

Christina Patterson found herself in the heartbreaking position of being the last one left in a loving and beloved family. She took on the task of writing the story of her family and her place in it.

In the process, Christina explored the ways in which our personal history can cause us to “get in our way”, self-sabotaging as we work through the suffering experienced both by ourselves and others in the family.

Christina and Andrew also discuss:

Living with mental illness
Finding and losing religion
Loss and grief
The healing effects of writing

Christina Patterson lives and works in London as a broadcaster and coach, as well as being the author of two memoirs, Outside, the Sky is Blue and The Art of Not Falling Apart.

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Christina Patterson’s list of some of the memoirs by other authors she has most enjoyed reading:

Bad Blood by Lorna Sage
Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller.

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