Category Archives: recovery perspectives

Dr Gabor Mate- the Hidden Costs of Stress on Health


Interview on TVO – Alan Gregg talks with Dr Gabor Maté talking about his book… When the Body Says No – the cost of hidden stress He talks about about the stress-emotion connection and the stress- immune connection – how our immune system … Continue reading

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Psychiatry not the only answer to mental health issues


Here in north america mental health services are dominated by biomedical psychiatry which seems more interested in creating new markets for drugs than helping people heal. This is simply the latest sorry chapter in the history of sorry chapters that make up  the … Continue reading

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Recovery Without Medication


Daniel Mackler interviews Lloyd Ross Phd about his work helping a woman who hears voices and has been diagnosed with schizophrenia heal with psychotherapy and without medication. Here I interview Lloyd Ross, PhD, about his work with a patient (whose identity he … Continue reading

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cycling can make you happier


Drag our Leaf Icon above to your taskbar to bookmark TGAM in Internet Explorer 9. Show me how Please don’t show me this again Remind me later A nice story in Sundays grobe n flail on first time cycling in … Continue reading

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Rodent Recovery Network


Image via Wikipedia Inspired by Emma Árdal… Today is Groundhog day – that day on which  the the very best efforts of north american media attend their  focus on the serious matter of relaying messages from courageous representatives of the underground Rodent Recovery … Continue reading

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come laugh your head off!


Come Laugh Your Head Off! The Mood Disorders Association of Ontario Presents: LAUGHING LIKE CRAZY Comedy Showcase Featuring stand-up comedy performances by graduates of the first ever Young Adult Program! (ages 19 to 32) Writing comedy about experiences of the … Continue reading

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Learning to Cope With a Mind’s Taunting Voices


Another piece highlighted by INTERVOICE’s media watch… From NY Times, Aug 2011 view the short video -click on the image below to  [2.5mins] to read the article click the link below… Lives Restored Learning to Cope With a Mind’s Taunting … Continue reading

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My [Mental] Skillness


Believing she is more than her illness this Toronto based bloger prefers to adopt mental skillness in recognition that the what she experiences diagnosed as OCD  brings stuff she’d really prefer not to have in her live , like tormented … Continue reading

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There is a Fault in Reality


Excellent 30min movie about people who  hear voices. Features Jaqui Dillon, Peter Bullimore  and John Swift link… [snagfilm id=”f2511e70-c2b0-11e0-bf7a-0026bb61d036″] Now available on You Tube… -thanks Jacqui Dillon

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Dr. Gabor Maté ~ Who We Are When We Are Not Addicted: The Possible Human


Dr Gabor Mate starts this talk in the best possible way: by confessing he does not know anything about the subject in the title, but that means it offers him the opprtunity to learn something new. And as he talks, … Continue reading

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