Grainne Humphrys is first and foremost a Mother of two new light beings called Hazel (age 7) and Joshua (age 3). She is a survivor of distress as a transformational crisis and process of renewal, living through her transformation without medication or incarceration but with lots of shiatsu and loving support from her family and... Continue Reading →
Steven has now let me publish several pieces of his work. If you like this piece of his do a search with his name in the right hand corner of this blog to see more of his pieces. He's one of us making a difference! I'm always thrilled to publish his work. The other side... Continue Reading →
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. - Carl Sagan Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that: it is its nature.... Continue Reading →
An email sent out by the venerable Dr. Bonkers: The Institute for Nearly Genuine Research announces two exciting new additions to our Marvelous Mental Medicine Show online gallery of psychiatric drug advertising. One is a 7-page ad for Ritalin; the other is a 9-page ad for Cylert. Both advertisements sell the idea that Minimal Brain... Continue Reading →
Continuing with what is becoming a series on brain neuroplasticity and what it means for those of us who have been told we can never recover. I suggest that proclamation is hogwash! Taken from the Dalai Lama's website for educational purposes: (Sharon Begley, Wall Street Journal) Dalai Lama helps scientists show the power of the... Continue Reading →
Controversial psychiatrist to head UM medical school department - Breaking News - MiamiHerald.com Drug makers find whistle-blowing a bitter pill to swallow | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star "Overmedicating our kids" by Wanderings and Musings of a Stubborn Woman Mindfulness Meditation + Neuroscience = Healthier Relationships | Psychology Today At Top Schools, More Than Half... Continue Reading →
Jon Kabat-Zinn, the wonderful scientist, who has made meditation and mindfulness household terms gives a lecture here on this youtube video that takes place at Google. In it he covers lots of scientific studies of the healing nature of meditation. There is no mysterious religious dogma here---what he presents has been studied clinically. A couple... Continue Reading →
Today I have the pleasure of posting something that was submitted to me for publication. It's written by an interesting man, whom I really don't know but with whom I seem to share some quite similar ideas. From Tim's about page: My work is informed by my study of coherence therapy with Bruce Ecker, its... Continue Reading →
I had this poem taped on the wall of my bedroom above my bed from about the age of 12 until I moved out of the house to go to college. It was a rebel voice for me---it spoke to me of the freedom I knew should be mine. Ironically enough, as an adult I... Continue Reading →
Pat Deegan who I've mentioned on this site before speaks in this video of her experience of being diagnosed with schizophrenia and recovering. She also talks about what all of us who have been labeled with a psychiatric diagnosis experience---the loss of identity as it's handed over to us being our disease. I met Pat... Continue Reading →
