Category Archives: hearing voices

I am amazed by the strength of the human spirit and never give up hope

Posted on August 18, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Lucy Johnstone walks us through a day in her life working as clinical psychologist on a community mental health team in an area of great social depravation. She explains how, rather than simply hand them a list of symptom to check … Continue reading →

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Spirit of Keith Moon – Peter and The Test Tube Babies

Posted on August 14, 2016 by dave umbongo

Well a voice spoke to me but it weren’t my own, someone was coming thru’ on the psychic telephone. He said “Hi Arsehole” I’m coming thru’, Peter & The Test Tube Babies – Spirit Of Keith Moon As I stood … Continue reading →

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James Joyce, language and stream of consciousness

Posted on August 11, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Iconoclast, rebel, exile, explorer. Here’s a  great introduction to James Joyce from School of life Joyce was born in Dublin a city he both loved and loathed and which became “the universal city in my work” – and even the … Continue reading →

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The voice you hear when you read silently – Thomas Lux

Posted on August 9, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

The Voice You hear When You Read Silently is not silent, it is a speaking- out-loud voice in your head; it is *spoken*, a voice is *saying* it as you read.  It’s the writer’s words, of course, in a literary … Continue reading →

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Hearing Voices Cafe, Toronto – Fall 2016

Posted on August 1, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

We invite you to join us at The Hearing Voices Cafe for different kind of conversation about what it means to experience being human.
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Hear My Voice

Posted on July 11, 2016 by dave umbongo

Hear My Voice  Hear my voice is a group is for those who embrace the voices they hear and want a space where the voices can speak for themselves in their own voice and to dialogue with other voices. If … Continue reading →

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when we change the way we look at things…

Posted on June 23, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

When we change the way we look at things what we look at changes -Max Plank There is no such thing as “objective reality” that can be observed by wholly objective observer. The very act of observing changes what is … Continue reading →

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Those who hear voices…

Posted on June 8, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

There are those who hear voices and those who haven’t yet. Continue reading →

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May The Fourth Be With You

Posted on May 4, 2016 by dave umbongo

Yoda:        “Always with you: ‘It cannot be done!’  “Hear you nothing that I say?” Words like: “I can’t “ “It’ll never work” These are mighty powerful ways to make anything we try even harder, less likely to … Continue reading →

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Hearing Voices Training – Workshop#2: Working With Voices Dec 2016

Posted on April 20, 2016 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Working With Voices A two-day workshop with: Kevin Healey Dave Umbongo Thu 1st & Fri 2nd Dec, 2016 Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave, Toronto Limited Spaces. Registration is required. Click this big red button to register at eventbrite… or this link…either … Continue reading →

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