hello! i’ve had a few days that were definitely on the blah and dudsy side. then along comes my friend ken walker, the happiness guy, with his new web site! thanks, ken. i love the way you sit on top of the world, so to say. check it out here, guys! so i figured, are… Continue reading happy happy happy
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peace – with and without caricatures
i just received an email from a friend of mine in germany about the arab caricatures that were posted in the danish newspaper jyllands-posten back in the fall. apparently, the german-speaking web site www.hagalil.com, which is mostly about antisemitism, was completely destroyed by someone – supposedly from qatar – who didn’t like that hagalil had… Continue reading peace – with and without caricatures
take what you like and leave the rest
“take what you want and leave the rest.” originally, this saying comes from 12-step programs, although i’m sure that many people have said this or something similar waaaay before AA got started. btw, this saying does not appear in the “bible” of 12 step programs, the “big book“. i have always been intrigued by the… Continue reading take what you like and leave the rest
brokeback mountain
yesterday mindemoya and i finally went to see brokeback mountain. of course, it’s been absolutely impossible not to hear about the movie, and of course everyone thinks it’s great. so my expectations were positive but a bit on the lukewarm side. it seemed that i was supposed to like it, which doesn’t really incline me… Continue reading brokeback mountain
poetry therapy pt 2 and the removal of blinders
yesterday i said i was going to talk more about playing with the poetry therapy process. the poem about my grandfather happened following a prompt in the national association for poetry therapy newsletter which went like this Choose one of your grandparents and write a poem honoring how you were influenced by this relative, living… Continue reading poetry therapy pt 2 and the removal of blinders
serenity prayer at 2:28 am
god, grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change the things i can, and the wisdom to know the difference. what’s that all about? one day, god is the old god. some unknown but benevolent male entity. the next it’s actually “goddess” – and the one goddess i… Continue reading serenity prayer at 2:28 am
virtual reality
this is what medicalnewstoday.com brought me today: Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have found that people still find it difficult to understand how mirrors work. Dr Marco Bertamini, from the University’s School of Psychology, conducted a number of experiments by covering a mirror on a wall and inviting participants to walk along a line… Continue reading virtual reality
a spiritual encounter with the body
i am sitting on the greyhound bus on my way back from vancouver. tomorrow i’m giving a talk about “sacred hedonism”. that phrase popped into my mind a few weeks ago and now i’m sitting here trying to figure out exactly what i meant by that. i know i had in mind to refer to… Continue reading a spiritual encounter with the body
christmas in jail with the boozers
christmas often makes me think of the minimum security jail where i worked for a little while. it was a pretty interesting job. once a week i’d migrate to the quaint old farmhouse in new westminster (part of greater vancouver, and british columbia’s oldest city) where that jail was. for a while they even had… Continue reading christmas in jail with the boozers
extra! extra! how psychotherapy saves you money!
driving through kelowna’s residential streets, i watched a car park and all of a sudden i thought, “psychotherapy may not be super cheap, but it sure has saved me money!” why did i think that? and why while watching a car park? i guess cars make me think of consumerism. and has my consumerism gone… Continue reading extra! extra! how psychotherapy saves you money!