Category Archives: Ideas

The Strength of Women | Little Girls Don’t Stay Little Forever – Erin May Kelly

Posted on June 11, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Erin May Kelly reads herd her poem The Strength of Women |Why Little Girls Don’t Stay Little Forever. I watched on the TV Kyle Stevens… and she said: “Little girls don’t stay little forever. they turn into strong Women … Continue reading →

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Street Soccer Toronto – Summer 2018

Posted on June 5, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Like it says… All you need do is show up. Bring a team bring your friends, bring yourself. Riverdale East Park Just south of Danforth n Broadview. Saturdays 12 noon to 4:00pm [Games are not four hours long but two … Continue reading →

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I am not your Negro – James Baldwin

Posted on May 29, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

James Baldwin. James Baldwin locating with startling clarity the problem and where it lies. “The question for white people is why is it necessary to have ‘the nigger’ in the first place?” “I am not ‘a nigger’. I’m a man. If … Continue reading →

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all that stuff about symptoms and diagnoses…

Posted on May 28, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

All that stuff about symptoms and diagnoses it is interesting but it’s not that useful. All I need to know is my buddy [Jo] is having a hard time… and there are dozens, maybe hundreds of things I can do … Continue reading →

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Workshop#1: Accepting Voices – Toronto – 11.Aug.2018

Posted on May 27, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Pleased to announce, in community partnership with Inner City Family Health Team, this special opportunity to participate in our highly valued “liberating” , emancipatory”, even “universe-tilting” Workshop #1: Accepting Voices. This workshop offers a beginning, an introduction to a non-diagnostic, non-medical, human … Continue reading →

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This is America – Childish Gambino

Posted on May 12, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

This. This is America (woo, aye) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away Yeah, … Continue reading →

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Trying to control the mind is like trying to flatten out water – Prince Ea

Posted on May 12, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Trying to control the mind is like trying to flatten out water Prince Ea So your mind is outta control, huh? You wanna control the mind? Well, guess what? You can’t do it. Nobody can do it. Trying to control the mind … Continue reading →

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New York’s ‘Parachute’ programme for people with acute mental distress lands in the UK

Posted on May 11, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

From 2015, The Guardian on how NY Parachute programme incorporates ideas and practices from Finnish Open Dialogue and how lessons being learned are being incorporated into Peer Supported Open Dialogue in UK. It’s time we made mental health services more … Continue reading →

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How the modern world makes us mentally unwell

Posted on May 11, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

From School of Life, Some of the ways that modern world we’ve built for ourselves and each other leads to so many of us struggling and becoming un-well. It’s so prevalent that we had to invent a name to call how we … Continue reading →