i just stumbled across a sober thought, a blog by dayvud, a recovering alcoholic. it looks like we have a number of interests in common, including buddhist nun and writer pema chodron and the book the spirituality of imperfection (the one by kurtz and ketcham, not the one by richard rohr, another
Month: April 2006
obesity research
back in january, i posted an entry about the controversy around the size of the “obesity epidemic”. i just received a comment about this, suggesting that the article i had pointed out in that entry was naïve
internet addiction?
it’s evening, and i’m really tired. i should go to bed. but wait, let me check my email. and the other email. and wasn’t i going to look up something on depth-oriented brief therapy? oh! ding! here’s another message! and i haven’t really played spider solitaire yet today. and … now it’s late evening. i’m… Continue reading internet addiction?
feminism and body image
recently, i’ve had a number of interesting and sometimes heated discussions about plastic surgery. according to one view, plastic surgery is an artificial way to prop up a twisted body image – one that is only available to those who can afford it. according to another view, undergoing plastic surgery is not much different than… Continue reading feminism and body image
the process of therapy: vulnerability in the here and now
these days i am often called upon to talk about psychotherapy. i am very much of two minds about this. on the one hand it’s something that i feel very passionate about – this is what i do, after all! on the other hand, i find it difficult – therapy is such a private, intimate… Continue reading the process of therapy: vulnerability in the here and now
words of depression
random words about depression, collected from the past: i must confess that during my depressive time, i was more productive, but that was because i didn’t focus on such things as selling the car, keeping the house clean, all those things that one does to stay gainfully alive. …….. i am fighting panic and depression… Continue reading words of depression
and now for these therapists: plato, st. augustine, darwin, freud
i wrote this some years ago, trying to elucidate how some of the fathers and grandfathers of psychology would look at contemporary problems: after a stormy, decade long marriage, JU and his wife separated after she found out that he had sexually abused their two sons. JU explained he was “sexually educating them”. there was… Continue reading and now for these therapists: plato, st. augustine, darwin, freud
a few buddhist sayings
i realize that i haven’t said anything about buddhism in the last little while. so, to remedy that, here are a few sayings that i really like: As a bee–without harming the blossom, its color its fragrance– takes its nectar & flies away: so should the sage go through a village. –Dhammapada, 4, translated by… Continue reading a few buddhist sayings
time management and exercise
“i can’t exercise. i don’t have time!” yoga teacher cyndi lee’s got something to say about this. and this is not only for people who are thinking about exercising but also about how we use time: My observation is that there is a direct relationship that goes like this: thinking about what has to happen… Continue reading time management and exercise