Category Archives: human potential

Empire State Human – Human League

Posted on March 4, 2018 by dave umbongo

With concentration My size increased And now I’m fourteen stories high At least!! Empire State Human Since I was very young I realized I never wanted to be human size So I avoid the crowds and traffic … Continue reading →

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Chris Evans on learning to live with his “noisy brain”

Posted on January 15, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Captain America offers a little peer support. Continue reading →

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Who teaches us to be normal when we’re a one of a kind?

Posted on May 1, 2017 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

You, and every one of us is one of a kind. Best estimates have it that there have been about 100 billion humans, each one unique: a one-off. Only you gets to be you. Who teaches us to be normal … Continue reading →

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Freedom is what we do with what’s been done to us

Posted on April 21, 2015 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Freedom is what we do with what’s been done to us.
Jean Paul Sartre Continue reading →

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no measure of health…

Posted on October 31, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
-Jiddu Krishnamurti Continue reading →

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living with extreme states and difficult experiences – Jan 2014

Posted on December 7, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Do you live with…? voices? visions? dissociations? “delusions” difficult thoughts? other altered, “extreme” “unusual” states and exriences? all kinds of “crazy batshit stuff” others just don’t “get” or understand? Are you looking for… a safe place to explore different understandings, … Continue reading →

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Nelson Mandela

Posted on December 6, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

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I have a Dream – fifty years on

Posted on August 28, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Fifty years ago today, 28th August 1963, Dr Martin Luther King Jr talking with a few people on the Washington Mall. So, it’s now five-score-and-fifty years of waiting: and – despite much progress that has been made – the cheque that … Continue reading →

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I can do anything good …

Posted on August 12, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

I can do anything good Need a way to coach yourself into gear ? Try this for an affirmation… . Jessica’s affirmation Now, my whole house, is great. I can do anything good. I like my school I like anything I like … Continue reading →

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Those things I decided not to give away – Nelson Mandela

Posted on July 22, 2013 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

In the video below William Jefferson Clinton talking at the UN on Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday last week, telling of a few things he learned and that we might all learn from Nelson Mandela. Listen to all 12min, or go … Continue reading →