Author Archives: recoverynetwork:Toronto

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We believe people can and do recover from "mental illness" - because we are living it. We believe in the power of supporting each other: learning from and with each other. You are welcome to join us..

HV CAFE Toronto | Jan-Mar 2024

Posted on December 29, 2023 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Coffee and All That Jazz 72 Howard Park AveRoncesvallesT’karontoPlanet Earth Right on these TTC routes.506504505 [about 300m] 4pm to 6pm Coffee & All That Jazz is under new ownership.Big thanks to Mae for your support and welcome.

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HV Workshop | ACCEPTING VOICES Part 1 | FEB 2024

Posted on December 28, 2023 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

What if everything you think you know about hearing voices is wrong? Or if not wrong, then it at least limits your ability to: understanding a person’s struggle with experiences like difficult-to-hear voices and others that get called “psychosis” and … Continue reading →

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Workshop: UN_ESCALATE – MAR 2024

Posted on December 28, 2023 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Note: If you’re looking for training on “how to deescalate anyone, in any scenario, in three-easy-steps” …then you’ll not find it here. However, if you are looking for opportunity to both examine the orthodoxy and trenchant mental models that underpin … Continue reading →

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This will change the way you think about attachment styles | Forrest Hanson

Posted on December 19, 2023 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This Will Change How You Think About Attachment Styles Forrest Hanson at the Well Being podcast…   “I found the simplest, coolest way of approaching attachment styles recently, and it completely changed how I think about things. It’s based on … Continue reading →

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Out Of My Mind – podcast series

Posted on December 5, 2023 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

From Aotearoa / NZ, this is an excellent podcast series of first-person accounts . In each of the seven episodes of Out of My Mind, one person talks to journalist Adam Dudding about their life, and the view from inside … Continue reading →

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Attachment | Jacob Ham

Posted on December 3, 2023 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

If you look up attachment or attachment style, you’ll find a whole bunch of right old guff– that suggests that your early life experiences have left you with what is known as an attachment style : that we are “a … Continue reading →

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The impossibility of sharing or articulating this pain… David Foster Wallace

Posted on December 3, 2023 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The depressed personwas in terrible and unceasing emotional pain,and the impossibility of sharing or articulating this painwas itself a componentof the painand a contributing factorin its essential horror. David Foster Wallace

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Do Anything You Wanna Do | Eddie and The Hot Rods

Posted on November 27, 2023 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Lyrics Gonna break out of the cityLeave the people here behindSearching for adventureIt’s the type of life to findTired of doing day jobsWith no thanks for what I doI’m sure I must be someoneNow I’m gonna find out who Why … Continue reading →

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It’s a shitshow…

Posted on November 25, 2023 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

“The mental health system in Canada has tens of thousands of smart, very well educated peoplebut when we put it all together,it’s a Shit show.” –Stephane Grenier Related:Alex Jadad: Its not about health, its not very caring, and its not … Continue reading →

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WELCOMEness and UNWELCOMEness: Experiences in healthcare settings of people living in homelessness

Posted on November 25, 2023 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

How do people experiencing homelessness experience healthcare settings?How does that affect their health, and their ability to heal? Sharing an article here reporting research conducted interviewing people about their experiences accessing Healthcare services in downtown Toronto. Researchers coded and sorted … Continue reading →

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