An untethered tree finding its way to the sun and developing roots
Emily Dickinson, circa 1846-1847 Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was an American poet who lived a complex and seemingly tortured life. She died at age 55 before most of her life's work received recognition or was published. The Emily Dickinson Museum is located in her former home of Amherst, Massachusetts. Emily is described as having suffered from …
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Having made this possibly controversial statement, I have to add that I love memes. As a sometime meme generator, why on earth would I make this claim? I think they can help us think about things differently, but thinking doesn't get you very far. Why is this a topic for a blog? There's a story …
Continue reading Memes don’t change lives. As illustrated by 5 P’s.
Friends, it's been a while since my last post. I needed a social media vacation. I recommend doing this now and then to focus on real life. Catch up on chores and projects. Yesterday I sorted through my treasure chest. Yes, I have a treasure chest. It is a hand-carved wooden chest from Malaysia and …
I think I was about 9, my sister 3, when she received the Disney read-a-long book and tape for Sleeping Beauty. Tara listened to it all the time, as kids tend to do. At that age, also as kids tend to do, I loved nothing more than acting goofy to make my parents laugh. In …
Continue reading How Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Lead to Lifelong Insomnia
IRL mental services can be fragmented and people face a number of barriers to accessing services: difficulty finding good information about what is available shame and/or fear of stigma transportation and/or hours of service difficulty feeling comfortable, having rapport with the counselor/therapist IRL service agencies in Canada are trying to improve this by including professional …
Continue reading Friends and Fellow Persons with Mental Illness: How Can I Help?
Today cannabis became legal across Canada; seems like a good time to talk about it in relation to mental health. Let me state up front that I support legalization for many reasons, but that doesn't mean I support it as a treatment for mental health. And it doesn't mean that I don't either. I'm curious. …
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This blog contains triggers and may be upsetting to my loved ones. I'm sorry for that, but it is like Maya Angelou said in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” It’s the wolf eyes. The look that men have when they want …
Continue reading I Was 13 and They Looked at Me with Wolf Eyes
