Category Archives: Difference and Diversity

Workshop: Carnival des Voix – Toronto 14th Jul 2017


This event is sponsored and hosted by CS Info Centre Free workshops for those who struggle with experiences like hearing voices that get called names like “psychosis”, and that can be isolating and difficult to live with, and difficult to … Continue reading

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Why did I go Mad?


BBC Horizon documentary aired in UK on 2nd May, 2017. Why Did I Go Mad?   It starts us off in familiar territory, deep within the orthodox belief – the story that that people who hear voices have a thing … Continue reading

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When diagnosis sets us apart…


Such is the power of its hold over our way of understanding ourselves in recent years that if  you look up the word in a dictionary of current usage you’ll need to take a long gaze to get beyond its … Continue reading

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The Dialogic – Mikhail Bahktin


I’ve had an interest in and been working in dialogue for many years, much of what I’d learned came from a different source, people like David Bohm, Peter Senge, William Isaacs and its application in working with teams and in … Continue reading

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kiss my hairy Greek arse – George Michael


Kiss my hairy Greek Arse
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Documentary – THEY HEARD VOICES


A new documentary about the diversity of human experience- THEY HEARD VOICES movie by Toronto Filmmaker Jonathan Balazs.
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Confabulation TO – Wed 7th Dec 2016


Join us at #ConfabTO Wed 7th Dec, 2016. 7:30pm Continue reading

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The Detective who hears voices and sees dead people


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The Pathology of Privilege – Tim Wise


Tim Wise talk on The Pathology of Privilege.      

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What is “psychosis”?


Look it up and you’ll find all kinds of nonsense  up/downloaded as answer to that question, most commonly: “Loss of contact with reality.” What does that even mean? For sure, whoever says that to you most assuredly has.   Truth … Continue reading

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