The Boy Code & The Well of Grief: When Tears Become Bullets, Part 1 with William Ayot & Simon Roe

The Boy Code & The Well of Grief: When Tears Become Bullets, part 1

with William Ayot & Simon Roe

1. Please read prior to beginning the talk
2. Part one: Wiliam’s introduction; poem - Little Soldiers; Simon Roe’s introduction; what the boy code is and its associated laws; the effects of the boy code.
3. Part two: Recall the first time you encountered the boy code - your personal story and where you are now; input from the participants; where might you unwittingly/unconsciously collude with the boy code?
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4. Part three: Charles Bukowski’s poem Bluebird; participants’ thoughts on the question around unconscious collusion.
5. Part four: Role models; a clip of poet Guante on the phrase ‘man up’; thoughts on the clip.
6. Part five: Poems - Just a Man and Cerdd o groeso; book recommendations; closing.
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About this course

£10.00
65 mins
Downloadable audio
CPD certificate

Speakers

William Ayot is an award-winning poet, author, teacher and ritualist. Over three decades, he has organized, hosted, facilitated and led, men’s and mixed personal development events and rites of passage, working in rehab, correctional, personal development and organizational contexts. He uses poetry and the arts to teach leadership in boardrooms and business schools around the world, currently teaching on the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD. William also designs and leads bespoke rituals for individuals and groups in his purpose-built ritual garden in Monmouthshire, Wales. Writing includes the play, Bengal Lancer, three collections of poetry, and a prose book on ritual. He is currently writing a book for and about men in a time of epochal change. William leads personal rituals for people in person, designs rituals for people from all over the world, and is available for one-to-one coaching online.

William Ayot

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Simon Roe originally trained as a body psychotherapist with Nick Totton & Em Edmondson and has nearly 30 years’ experience of working with individuals and groups. For the last 25 years’ he has worked almost exclusively with men & teenage boys in a variety of settings including 1-1 psychotherapy, domestic violence work and Rites of Passage events. He is a Respect approved trainer & supervisor www.respect.uk.net for domestic violence practitioners and is the director of Two Wolves Consultancy and Training: www.twowolvesconsultancy.co.uk.

Simon has recently completed a foundation course in Process Oriented Psychology – an approach which increasingly informs his practice.

Simon is a fully accredited member of the Association of Facilitators: www.associationoffacilitators.co.uk