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https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/self/new-book-life-isnt-binary-out-today/ Meg-John Barker's website Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/self/new-book-life-isnt-binary-out-today/#comment-19061 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:27:38 +0000 https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/?p=3822#comment-19061 Oh thank you so much Paul. We really appreciate the feedback. That’s such a good example about people with nicknames, and I’m so glad you liked the reflection points and extra materials. The Rogers quote is spot on 🙂

]]> https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/self/new-book-life-isnt-binary-out-today/#comment-19055 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 08:42:14 +0000 https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/?p=3822#comment-19055 I couldn’t wait for this book to come out…. it was like waiting for the next Harry Potter book!
I found this a really helpful book on many levels. For me personally, it opened up my thinking about bisexuality and many, many other topics. I now see that my views were very outdated and needed challenging. This book did that – but in a kind, sensitive and encouraging way. I love the way Meg-John and Alex write – it feels like their words reach out from the page to you!
My binary thinking on so many levels has been well and truly challenged (I’m glad to say) – this book celebrates life on an ever-changing spectrum. As Dr Carl Rogers said: “A person is a fluid process, not a fixed and static entity; a flowing river of change, not a block of solid material; a continually changing constellation of potentialities, not a fixed quantity of traits.” (On Becoming a Person).
The ‘Reflection Points’ throughout the book are very helpful and contain various questions which make the book very interactive – I found myself constantly checking my thinking process and my views.
The end of chapter reference sections were particularly helpful. In fact, all the referencing in the book is great and very accessible! I have ordered some more books, re-read material I already had and visited some of the websites suggested.
Page 73 REALLY made me think…. it talks about nicknames: at least three female friends have MALE nicknames. We don’t bat an eyelid at this and yet if a Trans person wishes to do this everyone suddenly thinks it unusual. How blinkered and fickle we can be.
I have used material from this book with two of my clients during therapy sessions. This is a book I shall be using for a long time to come.

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