Category Archives: Healing

the ancestors project


Come out  and support the Ancestor Project Film Launch. AGO Jackman Hall Theatre Wed June 8th 2011, 6pm to 8pm The Ancestor Project is a film camp intensive where youth examine body/ cell memory, migrations, personal and political histories and  geographies. … Continue reading

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Sometimes, life is just really sad


Sometimes, life is just really sad The movement to medicate grief is an insult to the human condition. Opinion piece by Barbara Kay, National Post  Apr 27 2011 – Page A14. or… http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/Sometimes+life+just+really/4680226/story.html

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The Brain That Changes Itself


Norman Doidge, MD The human brain, as we are now quickly learning, has a remarkable ability to change itself :  rewire or re-programme itself. Neuroplasticity is the name given to the relatively new understanding that our brain is plastic – meaning … Continue reading

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Invincible Summer


In midst of winter I found  within me an invincible summer. Albert Camus Photo – Ed. Toronto, west end.  Mar 4th,  2011

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Go Easy on Yourself


Go Easy on Yourself, a New Wave of Research Urges N.Y. Times February 28, 2011, 5:26 pm Extract: Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family? That simple question is the basis for a burgeoning … Continue reading

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the doctor who hears voices


film the doctor who hears voices click here to watch the documentary film the doctor who hears voices featuring Rufus May as he works with Dr Ruth, helping her learn how to live with the voices she hears.

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