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About recoverynetwork:Toronto

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..

On some faraway beach – Brian Eno


Given the Chance I’ll Die Like a Baby On Some Far Away Beach   Given the Chance I’ll Die Like a Baby On Some Far Away Beach When the Season’s Over Unlikely I’ll Be Remembered As the Tide Brushes Sand … Continue reading

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Blamestormfixing or healing…?


Seems we have a cultural addiction to blamestorming and blamestorm-fixing: at the first signs of discomfort we look around for the nearest person to blame and discharge our discomfort on them. We might just yell and  them names and leave … Continue reading

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Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan


Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and … Continue reading

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Psychosis 2.0 Infosheet


Fresh ideas and different perspectives on what clinicians call “psychosis” – but you don’t have to – and put together by people who’ve been there and wanted to share some of what they learned from their experiences. You don’t have … Continue reading

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Wounded Healers: How peer support workers help patients in crisis


Peer Workers do not have magic faerie dust but this podcast sheds light on what’s possible and some of what it takes to integrate peer support into clinical settings, even a busy “Emerge” or “ER”…
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Changes – Charles Bradley


Cover version of original song by Black Sabbath. It took so long To realize And I can still hear Her last goodbyes     I feel unhappy I feel so sad I lost the best friend That I ever had … Continue reading

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I am the scream inside your mind…


I am the SCREAM inside your mind… – Mr Robot From: Mr Robot S2 E3          

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do do do do da da da da


Do do do do   Don’t think me unkind Words are hard to find They’re only cheques I’ve left unsigned From the banks of chaos in my mind And when their eloquence escapes me Their logic ties me up and rapes … Continue reading

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Art opens windows to the space between ourselves | Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas


Website  Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Red:  A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

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five minutes…. Bonzo goes to Washington


   

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