Category Archives: human potential

Pat Deegan – recovery is like spring


Found this a couple of weeks a go and showed it to folks in a final session of a WRAP group. they loved it… Pat Deegan – recovery is like spring….. “Recovery is characterized by a much slower process: it … Continue reading

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how I tamed the voices in my head


If you hear voices it does not necessarily mean you are ill . But it can be a real pain in the ass and it might scare the crap out of you, or simply leave you feeling exausted and alone. About … Continue reading

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labels are for clothing


Martina Navratilova. … “Labels are for filing.  Labels are for clothing.  Labels are not for people.”           thanks to  400daystil40 for this one.

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Iian McGilchrist – The Divided Brain


Iian McGilchrist’s RSA talk The Divided Brain – how its not quite the way we used to think but the brain is profoundly divided and how we need to think of not being either left or right brain – but left … Continue reading

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Brene Brown – Listening To Shame


Follow up to Brene Brown’s TEDxHuston talk The Power of Vulnerability in 2010       Brene Brown – The power of vulnerability https://recoverynetworktoronto.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/brene-brown-the-power-of-vulnerability/   Related articles Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change: Brené Brown at TED2012 … Continue reading

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abandoned chair


homeless youth have nothing but potential from the campaign by Raising The Roof  launched Feb 2011 . You see an abandoned chair on the street and you think “It has the potential to be something special” you see a homeless … Continue reading

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Skillin’ an Stylin’


We’ve featured my friend and toronto based  mentalskillness.com before. Now mentalskillness has stylin’ buttons to share so  that you can show off your own willin’ to be skillin’ -ness… all you need do is go to mentalskillness.com to get one before they … Continue reading

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