Advanced adventures in healing the gut: biofilm eradication. -- Biofilms are when pathogenic bacteria and yeasts form a defensive substrate. It's likely the foundational reason it's difficult for many people to profoundly heal their guts.
Food sensitivities, histamine and mast cell activation syndrome
Food sensitivities, histamine and mast cell activation syndrome -- Note: This may be of interest to you if you have protracted psychiatric drug withdrawal issues, if you have autoimmune issues, and also other chronic illnesses like CFS and/or fibromyalgiahe rest of the post]
Stand still. The forest knows Where you are.
An incredible poem by David Wagoner shared below. Please read it. Then, following the poem, there is a relatively short video with David Whyte discussing this poem in conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove. Wonderful. Enjoy. … [click on title to read and view more]
Carl Jung himself experienced psychosis
Carl Jung himself said: I had the feeling that I was in an over-compensated psychosis, and from the feeling I was not released until August 1, 1914. And yes, he recovered, transformed and went on to thrive, just like so many others, from that psychosis... … [click on title for the rest of the post]
I want burning: voice of longing
Coleman Barks does intuitive interprative translations of Rumi into American English. His work is truly lovely. Experience thirteenth-century mystical poet Rumi as you never have before—through the resonant, whiskey-and-syrup voice of Coleman Barks, a preeminent poet, scholar, and celebrated interpreter of Rumi's work. He is bard in the truest sense of the word. Coleman's extraordinary... Continue Reading →
Music and sounds for the soul
Music, sounds and vibrations of many kinds have helped me find different sorts of profound healing states. For me this has been one of the joys of becoming sensitive. I can feel both music and dance changing and healing my brain’s neurons
Embracing the Dark Night of the Soul
It may sound paradoxical but this is meant to be an inspirational piece about the dark night of the soul. Those of you who have heard of the dark night may have an idea of the amount of pain and confusion there can be....
Psychiatry: beautiful lady or old hag?
The drawing illustrates how one’s perception of an object can suddenly flip, and in a sense, the dueling histories [of psychiatry]… have that same curious quality. There is the “young woman” picture of the psychopharmacology era that most of American society believes in, which tells of a revolutionary advance in the treatment of mental disorders, and then there is the “old hag” picture… which tells of a form of care that has lead to an epidemic of disabling mental illness.
The Necessity of Honoring Rage
Our culture has trouble dealing with difficult emotions. And the message we often get, implicitly and explicitly is to repress and deny them.

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