Category: emotional health

creative writing: waking up from our routines

“creative writing increases physician observation skills and connection to patients” this is the heading of a study at the yale school of medicine, which showed that creative writing had a positive impact on how doctors saw themselves, their patients and their peers. resident physicians often deal with quite a bit of negativity

more on depression and self reflection

reading over the contents of my last blog entry on depression and self-reflection, a few thoughts came to mind. the article was not written by someone who had done systematic research and observation of people dealing with depression. rather, the writer seems to have a certain view, and in order to support it, he cites… Continue reading more on depression and self reflection

depression and self-reflection

(this is another reprint from my old blog, from the beginning of the year) timothy wilson, an editor at the new york times, has this to say about self reflection and depression: Research by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, a clinical psychologist at Yale University, shows that when people are depressed, ruminating on their problems makes things worse.… Continue reading depression and self-reflection

falling down – weakness and strength

the other day i slipped on the stairs and fell down – thump, whump, clonk. it wasn’t a horrible fall, and caused only a big, colourful bruise on my behind, and a feeling of jarredness all through my old skeleton. as i was experiencing these sensations, i was reminded of a

speed, mania and depression

fast, even “manic” thinking makes us happy, according to emily pronin and daniel wegner of harvard and princeton universities. they conducted a study where they had people read neutral, positive and negative statements at varying speeds. the researchers found that no matter whether these statements were positive, neutral or negative, after reading at a faster… Continue reading speed, mania and depression

september newsletter pt 2: mental health voices

======================================================================= isabella mori’s september newsletter – post 2 ======================================================================= (this is part 2 of my september newsletter – go here for part 1) mental health voices – october 4 i’ve been part of the board of the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch) for a little over a year now. the work of this organization… Continue reading september newsletter pt 2: mental health voices

september newsletter pt 1: see and be seen

this is an excerpt of the newsletter i send to my friends, clients and business associates once a month. it’s done with mynewsletterbuilder.com. if you would like to subscribe, email me at moritherapy at shaw dot ca. to make it easier to read, i’ll post it in four posts: post 1 – thoughts for today:… Continue reading september newsletter pt 1: see and be seen