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The Unshackled Journal

Stephen Keating
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Stories of personal growth, resilience, and the fight for freedom

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Some days in detention are quiet.

Monday wasn’t one of them.

Monday was one of those days where you could have done with a seatbelt just to the kitchen.

People were heading to court. People were coming back from court. People were waiti...

7 days ago
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The Worst Use of Time

There is a particular kind of irony in writing an article about living in the present while sitting in a place where so much of life is defined by waiting.

Waiting for a decision. Waiting for a visit. Waiting for a phone call. Waiting fo...

14 days ago
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The Next Chapter

There are some decisions in life that you make because you want to.

And there are others you make because, eventually, you realise… you have to.

After 23 years in Australia, I’ve made one of the hardest decisions of my life.

I’m going ho...

21 days ago
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Speech as a Mirror

“Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.” Publilius Syrus

Before we get into the quote, let me tell you who said it.

Publilius Syrus was a Syrian slave, brought to Rome in the first century BC. His master was so s...

a month ago

The Method

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

There are problems in life that we can solve.

And there are problems that we can’t.

Some can be fixed with a conversation.

Some require a...

a month ago

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