March 2012 - Page 2 of 4 - Beyond Meds: Alternatives to Psychiatry

The way we negotiate anxiety plays no small part in shaping our lives and character. And yet, historically speaking, the lovers of wisdom, the philosophers, have all but repressed thinking about that amorphous feeling that haunts many of us hour by hour, and day by day....In general this blog supports embracing all our emotions. That is how we come to know who we are. The whole spectrum of our emotional lives are of value. It's a shame that we learn to call many of our emotions negative and in keeping with that we try to numb them out in various ways, including the use of both legal and illegal drugs. It is in resisting our shadow sides that those emotions we fear grow bigger! That is the sad paradox.

The more we find out about how our bodies work the clearer it is that we are holistic beings. I've written much about gut health and the gut has often been called the second brain. Well it seems that the heart too, has much intelligence! No surprise to all the lovers among us....

why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? and Human cooperation: a force for construction and deconstruction

Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. Instead of offering empathy, we often have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. Empathy, however, calls upon us to empty our mind and listen to others with our whole being... ‎...Empathy, I would say is... Continue Reading →

I'm continuing on with my transition and break from the politics of mental health. I'm writing less for the blog and doing other things as directed by my intuition that I might continue healing. It continues to feel necessary and healthy and it's an adventure because I'm never sure where I'm headed. The trajectory continues towards wellness. Spring is always a good time of year for me and it's early this year! Last year at this time I took a complete break from the blog for some time and that may happen again. As the subject matter of daily postings continues to change with my interests I am also continuing to work on making the archives more accessible via the drop down menus above so that they might be more easily navigated. Because I'm adding to the menus pretty much all the time, it's worth revisiting them from time to time. So look to the top of the blog and move the cursor over the menu headings to see what's been added since you last looked. Lastly an apology to (some) of you with readers and feeds that pick up my editing of the archives. In arranging them that they might show up in the drop down menus I have to republish them and some feeds pick that up...showing old posts as if they were new. On some days that can be a whole lot of posts showing up in the feed. This is because I changed my URL. I'm sorry for all the noise in your feed on the days I am doing such work. In time that should stop happening with the same amount of frequency. As the subject matter of daily postings continues to change with my interests I am also continuing to work on accessing the archives via the drop down menus above so that they might be more easily navigated. Because I'm adding to the menus pretty much all the time, it's worth revisiting them from time to time. So look to the top of the blog and move the cursor over the menu headings. Lastly an apology to (some) of you with readers that pick up my editing of the archives. In arranging them that they might show up in the drop down menus I have to republish them and some feeds pick that up...showing old posts as if they were new. That is because I changed my URL. I'm sorry for all the noise in your feed on the days I am doing such work.

Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word. (with commentary) Important work on vulnerability and shame both.

Being human at work - workplace stress - The way we're working isn't working

Look to this day: For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence. The bliss of growth, The glory of action, The splendour of achievement Are but experiences of time. For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a vision;... Continue Reading →

Healing to me does not mean returning to what one was before something went wrong. Wholeness does not necessarily mean normal. And even the word recovery is problematic because, frankly, I don't want what I had before. Who wants to go backwards anyway? Healing means being whole even while still perhaps not functioning like others. To me it also suggests being even better than before for all that is learned on the journey.

Why are so many children being diagnosed bipolar? Do medications treat disease – or just keep children under control? What else can parents do when faced with difficult behavioral problems?

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Month: March 2012

Musings on anxiety…

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The Heart Has Its Own “Brain” and Consciousness

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Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence

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Empathy

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A note to my readers

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Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior

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The way we’re working isn’t working

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sanskrit poem

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What does it mean to heal?

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Bipolar Child — Sharna Olfman

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