Category Archives: Difference and Diversity

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Ever wondered what it can be like hearing voices without actually hearing voices? I can not and would not dream of attempting to pretend that I know what other people experience, nor would I lay any claims  to know some … Continue reading

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stone free – Jimi Hendrix


They talk about me like a dog Talkin’ about the clothes I wear But they don’t realize they’re the ones who’s square . Everyday in the week I’m in a different city If I stay too long people try to … Continue reading

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knowledge and power and lifecrap – Michel Foucault


Michel Foucault rocked the world with his ideas and his efforts to reveal and question the relationships between claims to knowledge, claims to power and authority over others. No claim to authority, no matter how banal, comes without a corresponding … Continue reading

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Childhood Adversity and Psychosis – John Read


John Read says he always does what Jacqui Dillon and Eleanor Longden tell him. They they told him to talk in Cork, so he did. Here it is – John Read  Cork at the Meanings of Madness Conference outlining the … Continue reading

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STOP IT – Bob Newhart


Newhart’s take on a talk therapy designed to fit with busy life and modern bureaucratic charging regimes… We charge $5 for the first five minutes and then absolutely nothing after that. I can almost guarantee the session will not take … Continue reading

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heartless – The Fray


In the night, I hear them talk the coldest story ever told. Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul. Heartless by Kanye West In the night, I hear them talk the coldest story ever told Somewhere far along this … Continue reading

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hierarchy as destructive force within the human psyche


Maybe baboon society and human society ain’t that different – both have a similar hierarchy that operates by dominance by aggressive few at the top who get to dump their stress onto those below. “Every male knows where he stands … Continue reading

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I’ve always been a creative person… Lady Gaga


Lady Gaga talking on The Graham Norton Show about how she harnesses her voices to inspire her creativity… Short Clip [45sec] Full episode [37min]

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The perils of categorical thinking


Dr Robert Sapolsky in the introductory lecture in his series – Introduction to Human Behavioural Biology. He spends the hour outlining and giving examples of the perils of categorical thinking. Most phenomena we might study exist on a continuum. To … Continue reading

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A powerful gesture of absolute despair


Feeling pressurized to adjusted well to a sick society? Fractured by dissonance twixt  your beliefs and values?  shattered by  expectations heaped on you by others?, is your soul crumbling so you can just hang in there in  a minimum wage … Continue reading

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