Category Archives: Ideas

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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Radio GaGa

Posted on October 10, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

All we hear is radio ga ga radio goo goo radio ga ga All we hear is radio ga ga radio blah blah Radio – radio I’d sit alone and watch your light My only … Continue reading →

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“Stigma”? – Time to call it by its true name

Posted on October 9, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

There will be, can be, no end to “stigma’ till we find within us the courage to call it by its true name. Continue reading →

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They say time changes things…

Posted on October 2, 2014 by dave umbongo

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol Continue reading →

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I always feel like I’m guilty of something – Albert Camus.

Posted on September 25, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Within intellectual society, I don’t know why, but I always feel like I’m guilty of something. It seems that I’m always breaking one of the rules of the clan.
Albert Camus Continue reading →

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Perhaps there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.

Posted on September 17, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Three score years ago today saw the publication of Lord of The Flies, William Golding’s allegorical tale about who we are, especially when we get together. I don’t know what he would have made of that modern question that is … Continue reading →

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Living With My Voices – Kevin Healey

Posted on September 12, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Brief film interview with Kevin Healey, about his a personal journey of learning to live with and interpret the voices only he hears; then learning to using that to offer training for people who work those who might struggle with voices they hear. @The Trauma and Mental Health Report.
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Posted in Adversity, hearing voices, Ideas, psychosis | Tagged hearing voices, Kevin Healey, Trauma | 10 Comments

do you pop a pill when you’re feeling ill?

Posted on September 11, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

…if you do then you’re in the minority.
Pill medicine is not the only medicine.
80% of the world’s population depends on other, traditional healing methods. Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese Medicine, Healing, Ideas | Tagged Allopathic medicine, herbal medicine, medicinal plants, Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Truth | 4 Comments

George Clooney – the coolest “voice” in space ?

Posted on September 9, 2014 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

George Clooney, not hearing voices but playing a “voice” Matt Kowalski in a key scene from the movie Gravity. Gives the lie to the “in space no one can hear you…”. Well, in Hollywoodland at least, Sandra Bullock can hear … Continue reading →