an excerpt from a newspaper story from the UK: top doctor who hit his wife 24 times is spared jail a senior doctor who savagely beat up his wife after they argued about buying a new car has escaped a prison sentence. anaesthetics consultant stuart brown, 37, threw his wife to the floor and punched… Continue reading why domestic? why abuse?
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flaming vs. appreciative communication
yesterday, thomas from microsoft posted about blog reactions to some of robert scoble’s videos. to those of you who don’t spend their day swimming around in the blogosphere (perhaps because your online life doesn’t completely consume all your hours?), robert scoble is a prominent speaker, author and blogger, particularly interested in the social aspects of… Continue reading flaming vs. appreciative communication
fractals, rorschach, tarot and meaning making
a few weeks ago, i posted some musings about how fractals might be used in psychological research. how could we use fractals to literally illustrate – turn into a picture – some of our mental and emotional patterns? some of the commenters interpreted this as a type of rorschach test. that was actually not what… Continue reading fractals, rorschach, tarot and meaning making
guffs and schlopps: a bit of seutherapy
dr. seuss never ceases to amaze me. maybe we should start “seutherapy” – aaah, the sound alone of the word already conjures up something great. soothing, subversive, seuss-y and let’s not forget suess – the german word for sweet. if you think that dr. seuss is all about nonsense, you are, with due respect, way… Continue reading guffs and schlopps: a bit of seutherapy
my blogging heroines: women who go beyond
i’m honoured that pamm from my secret spiritual dance included me in a list of outstanding women bloggers that’s going around right now. it was started by valeria maltoni of conversation agent. do you want to know who my blogging heroines are? quite a few, actually, but i’ll be brutal and limit them to seven.… Continue reading my blogging heroines: women who go beyond
being differently abled: the good news
yesterday, we discussed the tragic difficulties some people have with interacting with people who have bipolar disorder, are deaf, or have other so-called disabilities. today for some good news regarding people with different abilities. the other day i came across glenda from do it yourself. wow! this woman is amazing! she’s in a fancy car,… Continue reading being differently abled: the good news
fear, ignorance and disabilities
do you ever feel like you’re going through your days, and they have a theme? sometimes it feels like i’m being approached by a waiter: “and today’s special is …” well, my special this week seems to be abilities, disabilities, different abilities – that whole box of themes. it started with the ongoing story of… Continue reading fear, ignorance and disabilities
trying vs. allowing
in connection with a project my blogger friend karen is working on, i was inspired to think about these two concepts: trying. allowing. what might they mean? of course words have such complex meanings, and how we experience them individually may vary immensely from person to person. “trying” – the pleasant part of that, to… Continue reading trying vs. allowing
chocolate and broccoli
so my blogger/twitter friend geert over in europe, in a small – no, i won’t say “tiny” – country wedged between a big one (france) and another small one (the netherlands) … in a tiny country called belgium, had the good heart to finally write another blog post in english. thanks to my continuous begging… Continue reading chocolate and broccoli
the weekend to end breast cancer – a transforming experience
“she made it another year, she made it another year.” that’s all that went through my mind as i watched the crowd of walkers surge into the stadium. yesterday afternoon was the celebration of another weekend to end breast cancer. one weekend a year, thousands of walkers, encouraged by tens of thousands of sponsors, donors… Continue reading the weekend to end breast cancer – a transforming experience