Why do we focus so intensely on our problems? What draws us to them? Why are they so attractive? They have the magnet power of love: somehow we desire our problems; we are in love with them much as we want to get rid of them . . . Problems sustain us -- maybe that's... Continue Reading →
It's hard to understand why the importance and primacy of exercise is so often overlooked and/or buried in the treatment and care of those who suffer from mental distress. It is nothing short of criminal to not make exercise and diet/nutrition the first thing that is tended to when people are suffering from that which is most often treated in psychiatry. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
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Originality is irrelevant. . .There is some deep internal intelligence, some almost non-verbal narrative which nourishes us–which has it’s own natural wellspring. . . try to touch the rim of that.
Food has always been one of my favorite topics and now it's also one of the most important healing modalities I follow (eating real, whole, unprocessed food). I have always done lots of posts about food, so this isn't terribly new except, perhaps for some recipes I may now publish. Today the topic is CHARD.
In her piece: BIPOLAR off meds success, Jazz traces her experiences with mania that led to a bogus bipolar diagnosis to consuming large quantities of diet soda. I've talked to others who have made this connection with their own "mood-disorders."
Guided Meditation: "Letting Life Be As it Is" 15 min - Rest in awake space - in wakeful openness.
Update 2026: I was lucky to get to study with the Oxford Rumi scholar, Andrew Harvey. I have a lot of bits and pieces of Rumi on this site. It's
If you missed it on this blog it's on Mad in America now...
I look at my cat and I see perfection...then I realize it's a mirror of my own perfection and then that of all creation. Om Shanti Jezebel.
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