the articles in this blog have been featured on a number of blog carnivals so far (for example, on the disability blog carnival, the carnival of courage, and the bipolar and depression carnival). with these good experiences, i figured i might as well start a blog carnival myself. it’ll be a monthly compendium of interesting… Continue reading carnival of eating disorders
Month: December 2006
enlightenment with dr. seuss
let’s have some more dr. seuss. this is from the grinch who stole christmas. grouchy, grumpy, mean, bitter grinch has just stolen all the christmas gifts from the people in who-ville, pretended to be a nice guy by giving little cindy-lou who a glass of water, taken the last little crumb out of cindy-lou’s pantry… Continue reading enlightenment with dr. seuss
a bill of rights for people with eating disorders
earlier this year, the academy for eating disorders put together a bill of rights for people with eating disorders. i’m very surprised to see that pretty much no one on the web discusses it. so i’ll start. first, here is the bill: right to communication/partnership with health professionals right to comprehensive assessment and treatment planning… Continue reading a bill of rights for people with eating disorders
mental health and churches
photographer and author marja bergen recently sent along this email. her thoughts on the topic of mental health in the community – in this case religious communities – are very important. i asked for her permission to reprint her letter here, and she graciously gave it. i’d like to add that christmas, a time that… Continue reading mental health and churches
why, what and how
clients often want to know why something is happening. one person, let’s call her alice, might say, “if i knew why i keep eating and eating, maybe i could stop.” let’s look at this. first, let’s investigate “why”. why is a question about a cause. what is it that makes alice overeat? put like that,… Continue reading why, what and how
seasonal storms
heavy rains, windstorms, snowfall, slush – all that happened here in the last few weeks. outside. and then there are the seasonal storms inside. this is a difficult time of year for quite a few people. SAD (seasonal affective disorder) troubles some, and others get the christmas blues. for the weather outside, we wear clothes… Continue reading seasonal storms
grow a brain: surf with the sufis
at the alliance for arts and culture 20th anniversary party yesterday, i met writer and photographer ruth seeley, whose blog started me on an interesting little surfing journey. it led me to jecate’s blog, who again led me to grow a brain, one of those blogs that you can spend days and days on, written… Continue reading grow a brain: surf with the sufis
of gods and apes
idle thoughts on a wednesday night … being human is such a strange experience. we’re not animals, or at least we don’t see ourselves as such. and we’re not gods. or at least we don’t see ourselves as such. we’re not good, we’re not bad. we may be driving the planet into destruction, or are… Continue reading of gods and apes
of praise and other good things
genkaku talks about praise: I like to praise things. It feels delightful. It feels good. It feels right. And I imagine other people have similar feelings. Of course, sometimes they can be pretty obnoxious about it — praising one god or another and insisting you do the same — but in general I like to… Continue reading of praise and other good things
9 small ways to feed your spirit
most people i know want to have a stronger spiritual life. somehow it seems difficult to do that, though, because there are so many things that distract us. then you find yourself in the bathroom brushing your teeth, dead tired, and the though flits through your mind, “drat, another day when i didn’t meditate”. if… Continue reading 9 small ways to feed your spirit