it’s been a year since i last hosted a carnival of healing, so it’s great to come back to this. as usual, there were many submissions. so this is a rather long post. i’ve categorized them to make it a bit easier to read. personal development and spirituality spiritual healing: 50+ podcasts to find wellness… Continue reading carnival of healing #143
Category: emotional health
a buddhist carnival – june 2008, part 2
here, friends, is the second part of this month’s buddhist carnival. the first part is here. enjoy! forgiveness andrew, on his blog rants of a gay lunatic (i have to confess that such a title immediately makes me perk up my ears) does not directly mention buddhism in his article why we must forgive president… Continue reading a buddhist carnival – june 2008, part 2
frozen pea friday: cancer and art for healing
for this week’s frozen pea friday post – a post for and about cancer survivors, following the frozen pea friday movement – i’d like to point you to an interesting project by ms. frozen pea friday herself, susan reynolds. susan is an artist, a mother, grandmother, prominent second life citizen, social media maven. and she… Continue reading frozen pea friday: cancer and art for healing
be playful? here are 7 ideas
recently, i discovered a new blog, and i immediately – what’s the word? – glommed on to it. beplayful.org, that’s the name, and it says it all. i was able to persuade david to write a post for change therapy. here it is: i love being playful. being playful helps me to relax, to laugh… Continue reading be playful? here are 7 ideas
mental health week: music
the written word – of course, bloggers like me, we love it. and it certainly has healing powers, in many ways: it educates, it helps us think, it can soothe, it can make our hearts soar. but there are so many other ways. here is a delightful little music video by m. ward that one… Continue reading mental health week: music
mental health and cancer
for today’s “frozen pea friday” post on cancer, and because it’s national mental health week, i’ve interviewed someone on how she deals with the emotional effects of cancer. here’s what she says: i have 100% permission to have all the meltdowns i need to have (i.e. anger, crying spells) have a relationship with a psychotherapist… Continue reading mental health and cancer
mental health week: empowerment in the workplace
yesterday i had a wonderful conversation with dr. matthew b. james about the hawaiian spiritual system of huna. since this is national mental health week and the focus of this year’s mental health week is workplace mental health, i asked him about huna in the workplace. what is huna? first of all, what is huna?… Continue reading mental health week: empowerment in the workplace
wordless wednesday: mental health through photography
the image is by jackal, who says “i struggle with mental illness (borderline personality disorder) and i explore and express my world through photography and writing in which i believe there is no reality – only perception.”
vancouver events at this year’s mental health week
this week is national mental health week in canada. like last year, i’ll dedicate all my posts this week to mental health. (in a way, all my posts are about mental health but this week we’ll just be a bit more explicit, ok?) today a roundup of mental health events happening in and around vancouver… Continue reading vancouver events at this year’s mental health week
a little exercise: from dread to like
i was going to send this as an email to someone but why not post it here? the question is – how do you turn something dreadful into something you like? actually, the words used were “purgatory” and “heaven” 🙂 i have a few exercises for this, and one of them has something to do… Continue reading a little exercise: from dread to like