Category Archives: Ideas

replace fear of the unknown with curiosity


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Brain Power: from neurons to networks


Your brain is constantly changing, adapting to whatever happens around it. Everything you experience makes connections in your brain, reinforcing existing pathways or making new ones. Like a newly trodden path agross a grassy field those new neural pathways  become stronger when … Continue reading

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Mental illness at work: the last taboo


Article from [UK] Daily Telegraph , stories of three women and their experiences of difference, disability and the difficulty of staying in or getting back into work. Includes the very wonderful Rachel Waddingham who joined us by Skype  in September … Continue reading

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you’re innocent when you dream – Tom Waits


The bats are in the belfry the dew is on the moor where are the arms that held me and pledged her love before and pledged her love before [CHORUS] It’s such a sad old feeling the fields are soft … Continue reading

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rendezvous with madness


The 20th Rendezvous with Madness film festival kicks off today and runs til Nov 19th. Rendezvous with Madness is dedicated to films and filmmaking that explore experiences of and ideas about madness and addictions. festival website http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.com/ Here’s an info piece … Continue reading

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the basic building block of the universe


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Seeing Things? Hearing Things? Many of Us Do – Oliver Sacks


Opinion piece by Oliver Sacks in NYTimes Sunday review yesterday . Sacks is a neurologist and author of many books. He has a new book – published tomorrow – Hallucinations. The only part of this article I’d ask Dr Sacks to … Continue reading

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The Stress – Hugh Mcleod


Stress is our body telling us something useful – usually : “do something!” It’s a physiological response to the situation we find ourselves in right now and rooted in 300  million years of human evolution . Its at the root of all … Continue reading

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one billion rising


ENOUGH. The violence ends NOW. Hey, Today I became part of the revolution of women and men who will WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to violence against women and girls on 2nd Feb 2013. ONE BILLION … Continue reading

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if you knew what I know…


It’s always easier to list tools and rules and pretend that’s all folks need to do a difficult, complex  job, under pressure and midst competing demands and increasing pressure to monitor performance. Tick the box training Its a game: boards, funders , … Continue reading

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