Category Archives: Healing

Pathways from surviving adverse experiences to being deemed “psychotic

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

We will likely be told we have “lost touch with reality”, whatever that means, when the truth is it’s really not hard to understand: we are struggling to feel safe in the world. Continue reading →

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Carnval des Voix comes to Oshawa, Ontario

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

Big Yo! to all the peeps and voices who came out for Carnival des Voix yesterday.
In Oshawa, Ontario. Continue reading →

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Listening as Healing – Margaret Wheatley

Posted on July 12, 2017 by

This one of my favourite articles, one of those I try to make a point of reading again every now and then. Margaret Wheatley on listening- such a simple act, an act of generosity. Listening is healing for both the … Continue reading →

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talking about “psychosis”…

Posted on July 11, 2017 by

Psychosis is not a “thing” except as a kind of  aperture or a lens through which we view someone struggling. It’s an interpretation, a way of seeing, of categorizing, naming, and talking about a person’s struggle. That that lens, that … Continue reading →

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Zen-ass-dude in The Pain Cave

Posted on July 3, 2017 by

Taylor Phinney, “zen-ass-dude” and pro-cyclist and time-trial specialist on how all the voices in his head are “bread-and-butter “ “you kinda got to get to that point to be able to win any of these bike races”. The image below … Continue reading →

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Truth allows suffering to speak

Posted on June 23, 2017 by

The condition of truth is that it allows suffering to speak. Dr Cornel West
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get by – Talib Kweli

Posted on June 10, 2017 by

Just to get by, just to get by Just to get by, just to get by   Get By – Talib Kweli [Verse 1] We sell crack to our own out the back of our homes We smell the musk … Continue reading →

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weird shit that’s difficult to talk about…

Posted on June 9, 2017 by

We can talk about difficult experiences
in ordinary ways
and in ordinary spaces.
So we do. Continue reading →

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listen like you remember…

Posted on June 5, 2017 by

Listen No, not that listen-for-the-next-opportunity-to-interrupt kind of listening. Nor that listen for my next opportunity to sell you my favourite treatment, my favourite modality, my favourite, favourite kind of fix. Just, listen. Nope, not listen so I can tell you … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Carnival des Voix – Toronto 14th Jul 2017

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

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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