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Grounding Trauma Conference 2018 : Challenging Paradigms. 17th, 18th April 2018

Posted on January 18, 2018 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Very pleased to have been invited to co-present with Jennifer Wynne a the CAST Grounding Trauma Conference 2018. Neither trauma nor difficult experiences that called names like “psychosis” are as mysterious or hard to understand as many experts would have … Continue reading →

Posted in Healing, hearing voices, making sense of "mental illlness", psychosis | Tagged community, Healing, hearing voices, Trauma | 2 Comments

Living With Voices – T M Lurmann

Posted on September 10, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Here’s a very well written article published in American Scholar magazine, written by TM Lurhmann [thankyou M ] about a “new” way to live with voices. In North America it’s called “new”:. Compared with the “New World”, which to some of … Continue reading →

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The Empathic Civilisation – Jeremy Rifkin

Posted on March 3, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

Jeremy Rifkin on The Epathic Civilisation Over the lst ten years there have been some important developments in our understanding of our human selves, how we have evolved and continue to do so to connect with each other sense each other’s … Continue reading →

Posted in books, Ideas | Tagged community, compassion, empathy, Healing, Jeremy Rifkin, Royal Society of Arts | 1 Comment

John Forbes Nash – A Brilliant Madness

Posted on February 27, 2012 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

You may be more familiar with the Hollywierd movie “A Beautiful Mind” which inevitably romanticizes some parts of John Nash’s story – notably the usefulness of “anti-psychotics” in his recovery. This documentary for PBS includes Nash’s own words. It tells … Continue reading →

Posted in Emancipate yourself..., Healing, hearing voices, mental diversity, mental skillness, my story, psychosis, The Mad Ones | Tagged community, compassion, emancipation, John Forbes Nash, mental health, my story, psychosis | 3 Comments

Trialogue: community dialogue on mental health

Posted on December 4, 2011 by recoverynetwork:Toronto

When I first heard the term “Trialogue”– I was at the same time puzzled : why would anyone want a dialogue with only three perspectives? and intrigued : sounds interesting, something like the dialogues that I was familiar with and witnessed … Continue reading →