rick bruner from business blog consulting writes this today: … why not blogging for the good of [hu]mankind? There are issues-focused blogs like the environmental blog TreeHugger. Now there’s a network of blogs for good, founded by Paul Chaney of Radiant Marketing Group. Way to go, Paul! It’s a brilliant idea; I hope it really… Continue reading blogging for the good of humankind
Month: June 2006
understanding learning disabilities
“i have this young man sitting here, george. i’d like to send him over to you. he’s a real sweetheart but he’s got a problem and some things got a bit messed up.” my friend tessa at the neighbourhood church didn’t tell me more than that; probably he was sitting right beside her and she… Continue reading understanding learning disabilities
speaking in my true voice
genkaku, one of my favourite bloggers, wrote this today on speaking one’s truth: The movie “National Treasure” is an adventure about stealing the Declaration of Independence. On the back of this document, in invisible ink, is a clue to finding a vast treasure, which, by movie’s end, is found. In the midst of the movie… Continue reading speaking in my true voice
how to …
hello everyone – maybe you don’t need me anymore! i just discovered wikihow, and you can, too!. there you can learn fascinating things, like how to Become Emotionless (“a very useful way to handle problems”) Bury Your Burdens Cope With Feeling Alone at Night Discipline Your Troubling Student Find Help For a Suspected Eating Disorder… Continue reading how to …
understanding addictions
back in april, i said this in regard to a blog entry on obesity research: the more healthy i live, the more understanding i have for people for whom health is not such a great priority, or who have chosen to focus on different areas of improving their health than i have. i have some… Continue reading understanding addictions
breaking free of violent relationships
“you promised me you would never hit me again” – read this story of a woman who heard her son utter these words exactly one year ago and decided to leave a violent husband. i had shivers running down my spine reading her story. i guess everyone would – but for me it had special… Continue reading breaking free of violent relationships
mental illness in the workplace
read in hugo schwyzer’s blog about a tenured professor who apparently was let go because of behaviour resulting from a mental illness, as well as my comments on this alarming situation. isabella mori counselling in vancouver www.moritherapy.com
butterfly chaos – a hypertext poem
what do you know about the flapping of the butterfly – the light flap, soft flap, timid flap, the one that makes no noise, disturbs no sleeper, that is so utterly erasable, and much more insignificant than sand paintings in eastern gardens … and what is there to know about this miniscule event, what insight,… Continue reading butterfly chaos – a hypertext poem
so relaxed!
i’m sitting here in my office. not alone. someone is in the chair across from me. very relaxed. is she asleep? (if you come to my office, will you fall asleep?) yes, i think she is asleep. just comfortably in the chair. how much i can learn from her! never ruffled, never offended, always relaxed,… Continue reading so relaxed!
the wounded healer
my approach to therapy is influenced by traditions that place some weight on judicial self disclosure, on the idea of the wounded healer, on the notion that there is very little we can know for certain, and on paying attention to the here and now: the here and now of the client’s life, of the… Continue reading the wounded healer