Nancy Rubenstein speaks from her personal experience about why she is supporting this day of protest. Additional information and another personal story are included in this post. [click on title to read more]
Our hormones are always involved in our mental well-being whether or not it's recognized. Our endocrine system must be healthy if we are to be healthy. They are foundational to all well-being. Had I had this book and followed it's simple advice I'm quite certain the entire trajectory of my psychiatrized life would never have happened. I would not have been drugged those 20 plus years and therefore become disabled from iatrogenic injury. This book could have taught me to heal before I was gravely injured by psychiatric treatment. I have since been able to put together a similar lifestyle that has allowed for great healing. So much so, that I know this book can help others because it contains many tips that would have helped my young self and can help other women in earlier phases of their lives right now. … [click on title to read and view more]
Not sure what I'll do with today's harvest of dandelion flowers.
Yesterday I made dandelion flower risotto: RICE with dandelion flowers sautéed in ghee with onion, fresh parsley, fresh oregano and tossed with hemp seeds too... … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Listen!- we all have different reality tunnels...and they tell us different things if we're willing to listen...
In mental health circles the health of the body is often neglected. The body is too often considered secondary, if at all, when people become over-involved in things of the mind. And of course our culture has split the body/mind when in fact they function as one. Becoming aware of my poor neglected body has been critically important in my healing process. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
In the video below Dr. Russell Razzaque shares what he learns about the psyche when he starts meditating. He is surprised when he comes to recognize many states he experiences in meditation to be similar to states that are pathologized in psychiatry. He sees them in his patients and recognizes them in his own experience when meditating. I've certainly found meditation to be a way to learn how to recognize and integrate many parts of my psyche. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
A small collection of beautiful, profound words and poetry on death and rebirth, easter, crucifixion and resurrection. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Our response to suffering: A non-dual Christian perspective. Listen. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Plants both as food and medicine continue to be an important part of my healing process. I like what Wendell Berry says about herbalism because it's very much in keeping with the "everything matters" meme I often mention. Everything matters because everything is in relationship with everything else in our environments and our lives. Systems of healing that include herbalism understand this fact. Indigenous and shamanistic cultures understand this fact. We need to return to our roots while embracing and safely utilizing all we've learned while we forgot about them too. Herbalism is based on relationship ~ relationship between plant and human, plant and planet, human and planet. Using herbs in the healing process means taking part in an ecological cycle. This offers us the opportunity consciously to be present in the living, vital world of which we are part; to invite wholeness and our world into our lives through awareness of the remedies being used. The herbs can link us into the broader context of planetary wholeness, so that whilst they are doing their physiological/medical job, we can do ours and build an awareness of the links of mutual relationships. ~ Wendell Berry
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