I've posted articles about Dr. Norman Doidge's work several times. Here is a video with him talking about how even a damaged brain can grow, heal and repair itself. Below is a quotation from the youtube channel: The Brain That Changes Itself: In this Melbourne Conversations event, Dr Norman Doidge, author of bestselling book The... Continue Reading →
Crash course in urban shamanism — By Will Hall
- by Will Hall Shamans are the magician spirit healers in tribal, non-technological societies around the world. Anthropologists use the word "shamanism," from the Tungus people of Siberia, to mean the commonalities between different traditions. Shamans find their calling through a life-threatening initiatory illness or crisis, go into visioning and trance to connect to other... Continue Reading →
Refuse to fall down…
Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down. If you cannot refuse to stay down, lift your heart toward heaven, and like a hungry beggar, ask that it be filled, and it will be filled. You may be pushed down. You may be kept from rising. But no... Continue Reading →
ADHD: Has this diagnostic fad run its course? (that would be nice, but I somehow doubt it)
Wanted to highlight this thoughtful piece though I'm not up to making comments this morning. Have a good Sunday. ADHD: Has this diagnostic fad run its course? -- Christian Science Monitor The idea of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a credible diagnostic term has passed and it is time that we accept that and... Continue Reading →
thoughts on perpetrator and victim
A little twitter prose of three tweets: on perpetrator and victim: If you accept your own nature being both light and shadow it is in turn easier to forgive those who have harmed you…the enemy is within. Everyone has been perpetrator and victim at one time or another. No one escapes this reality. We've all... Continue Reading →
Service to humanity…
"I believe that to meet the challenges of our times, human beings will have to develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. Each of us must learn to work not just for oneself, one's own family or nation, but for the benefit of all humankind.” ~ Dalai Lama
Body/mind healing arts: Saturday news and blogs
Yoga: Yoga protects the brain from depression -- Telegraph Practising yoga really does relax your mind as well as your body more than other types of exercise, a new study claims. Researchers have found that three sessions of the exercise a week can help fight off depression as it boosts levels of a chemical in... Continue Reading →
Fibromyalgia and bipolar linked–but it’s the medications that cause the pain in a large number of people and that fact is completely neglected
July 2013: Update: I've learned and come to understand quite a lot more about the this now. See: Protracted psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome, chronic illness, CFS, Fibromyalgia. Yeah, they all have things in common. Fibromyalgia and bipolar being associated with one another and it's undeniable that people with both diagnosis are common. What is not... Continue Reading →
Training Opportunity in Open Dialog
Open Dialog, the Finnish treatment approach for psychosis that has extremely high success rates without medication, is beginning to grow in the US. This is an opportunity to get training from the founder at a retreat center in New Mexico; it's expensive, and space is limited so it's by invitation, but if you are interested... Continue Reading →
Pharma news this week: dominance of pharma marches on in spite of tons of news about how crap it all is. How does that happen?
So much for those of us doing the sort of work this blog does. The dominance of pharma marches on. More mental disorders treated with drugs only | Reuters More Americans with psychiatric conditions are being treated with drugs alone compared with a decade ago, while "talk therapy" -- either by itself or in combination... Continue Reading →
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