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The problem with using a word… Johan Cruyff


The problem with using a word is that everyone interprets it differently.
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‘They’re waking up’: Reducing drugs for dementia patients yields dramatic results


Sounds like a lot like a plot for a movie based on a true story based on an older  movie based on a true story. Maybe someone’s been watching “Awakenings” and getting ideas. Whilst care in Ontario care homes increasingly looks … Continue reading

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Use the force, Luke


Luke Skywalker hears voices – – having seen his fellow pilots try and fail, the voice of Obi Wan Kenobe’s comes to him just when he needs it help him let go, and find courage to disable the Death Star. … Continue reading

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Bubblewrapped and drugged ?


Its a tough gig being a kid – hard enough learning to how  live in this bizarre and confusing world without parents that are so anxious they find it difficult to give you space to experiment, learn, fall down and … Continue reading

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Who they wish I was – Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah


 

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Proud to be maladjusted… Dr Martin Luther King Jr


“Modern psychology has a word that is probably used more than any other word in modern psychology. It is the word “maladjusted. This word is the ringing cry to modern child psychology. Certainly, we all want to avoid the maladjusted … Continue reading

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If you have come to help me you are wasting your time…


If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. If you have come here because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. Continue reading

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Thank you [falettinme be mice elf again)…


Stiff all in the collar, fluffy in the face Chit chat chatter tryin’, stuffy in the place Thank you for the party but I could never stay Many things is on my mind, words in the way Lookin’ at the … Continue reading

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What makes us human – Lamb


And out in the blue The planets turn and swim If they only knew What makes us human What Makes Us Human  -Lamb Throw me a line so I Can feel the way More than a sense of time Could … Continue reading

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I SEE WORDS, I HEAR VOICES By Dora Garcia


Recovery Network Toronto has been pleased to collaborate with artist Dora Garcia, curator Chantal Montbriand and The Powerplant Contemporary Art Gallery other contributors and staff, on the exhibition, I SEE WORDS, I HEAR VOICES.   Last few days, runs til … Continue reading

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