Kindness heals…and it can even pay off your debts! (no kidding, watch this)

So simple!! Treating people will love and care will always be the right thing to do. It's unfortunate that capitalism and our entire society doesn't generally appreciate this truth. … [click on title to read and view more]

October 21, 2013

Transforming despair

To reframe what we've generally been told about mental anguish and suffering by the mental illness system is a very important part of healing. Psychiatry makes out that the individual is sick. A much more honest as well as empowering way to view much mental anguish is to see ourselves as part of the web of life. Our despair is telling us something very real and valid. We should listen to it and pay attention and learn. Feeling pain is not a weakness it is a capacity. We can learn to let it fuel us rather than cripple us.… [click on title to read and view more]

October 21, 2013

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