another guest contribution from my good husband, glenn: Besides liking babies, and smoking, I also watch the occasional football game. Okay, maybe more than occasional. Actually, my Sundays between September and December, from 9:00 in the morning until 6:00 in the evening (when I get called away to dinner) are dedicated primarily to watching NFL… Continue reading the zen of football
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journaling for healing: 15 tips
anyone who uses writing for therapeutic purposes should read louise de salvo’s writing as a way of healing. quite a bit of what she writes is based on james w. pennebaker’s research on writing and health (do go to his web site, he has all kinds of neat little tests on it). one of the… Continue reading journaling for healing: 15 tips
one year of blogging!
today it’s exactly a year ago that i first started blogging. it’s been an interesting 108,000 words to write (that’s how many words i estimate have accumulated here so far). one of the most surprising things that happened is that
counsellors’ creed
susan friday from the vancouver/richmond mental health network society sent me this counsellors’ creed the other day. we don’t know who authored it. there are quite a few useful ideas in there – what do you think? 1. I will give you my undivided attention. However, I cannot be your parent, spouse, or lover, nor… Continue reading counsellors’ creed
professional objectivity
in the post about the 10 paradoxes of creative people, there was an interesting question by osmium/fuzzy logic: does my preference for hanging out with people who are on the same wavelength as i obstruct my professional need for objectivity? how about i answer with the conclusion of a paper i wrote some time ago,… Continue reading professional objectivity
carnival of eating disorders
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
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