Month: December 2014

The Myth of Ritalin’s Effectiveness

Awaken your inner shaman

Within each of us is one who walks in beauty and balance—the one with access to unlimited knowledge, power, and tranquility,” says Dr. José Luis Stevens. “I call this true self the Inner Shaman.” … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Love is the absence of fear

I tweeted this one day: It strikes me that supporting and healing the nervous system in PTS is, among other things, also a process of learning to receive and accept love. Then one of my fellow tweeters tweeted this a few days later in response to something else I said to her: What is love?"... Continue Reading →

Saturday Mellow: beautiful sea creatures and planet earth

Experience seeing the strangest alien like life forms move, breathe and survive. Also, see microscopic creatures moving body parts up close as well as cells duplicating. Our waters hold secrets yet to be discovered. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Jewels hidden in the dark soil of the body

By Matt Licata At times, the kindest thing we can offer a friend in pain is to sit in the darkness with them, removing the burden that they change, feel better, or heal in order for us to stay close. It may feel like urgent action is being called for and that we must shift their depression to joy, their sadness to bliss, or their hopelessness to hope. But in doing so, we disavow the jewels that are hidden in the dark soil of the body. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Has the rug been pulled out? (again)

I am in a bit of a flare in my healing process. My nervous system got challenged beyond what it was ready for when I attempted Bikram yoga. No, not all yoga is alike, and Bikram, I discovered is the military boot camp style of yogas, oh my. That is another story, but take it as... Continue Reading →

MDs that can help are not always available

This was inspired by a tweet stream in response to someone asking about finding an MD to help with drug withdrawal...unfortunately they're simply not always available and we have to deal with that reality. Pretending it's not the case helps no one and can be dangerous. I've reposted the tweets below and then cut and pasted various supporting... Continue Reading →

A horrifying journey through the medical system

A story of iatrogenic injury caused by SSRIs and other psych meds presented at TEDMED. It's important that these stories be told at these mainstream venues. Spread this one around your networks. There will be people who will recognize themselves and perhaps also find the courage to escape this sort of situation that happens to 1000s everyday all over the country and the world. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

The newly mindful Anderson Cooper (he drinks the kool-aid)

Anderson Cooper went to this retreat having never meditated. I found the clip quite enjoyable and if you're new to meditation it might be quite informative too. On a "mindfulness" retreat, Anderson Cooper puts down the microphone and learns to love silence, as well as life without a cell phone. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Everyone suffers

A response to a reader on Facebook who was considering with me the nature of suffering: You know, everyone suffers. I frankly had to stop myself from assuming that I had it worse than the person I was next to. We really don't know. I started to practice realizing I don't know what others have suffered. I started realizing that competing for having suffered more than everyone else was a losing battle...especially for me...and yeah, it does lend itself to just having a bad time. We really do have to accept ourselves before others will accept us. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Meditate

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at the bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

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