change therapy

if you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. thanks for visiting!fast, even “manic” thinking makes us happy, according to emily pronin and daniel wegner of harvard and princeton universities. they conducted a study where they had people read neutral, positive and negative statements at varying speeds.
the researchers […]

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what about those negative voices in our heads? what can we do with them?

not listen (we have great practice with that: remember how you

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about 14 years ago, i wrote a list of goals. i just came across it and thought i’d look at what i have achieved.
this feels pretty vulnerable, telling the world about my personal goals. i guess doing something vulnerable like that is part of the goal “really leaving

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(this is a reprint of an article in my old blog)
in healing the soul in the age of the brain, psychiatrist elio frattaroli states
the hippocratic oath says simply “i will follow that system or regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, i consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is […]

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(update on september 24, 2007: i’m sorry to say that sacred space has closed its doors.  but it sure was fun while it lasted!)
most wednesdays from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm i facilitate a salon-type “fireside chat” at sacred space, a beautiful boutique/bookstore across from tinseltown in vancouver. they are friendly, relaxed conversations. […]

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isabella mori’s september newsletter – article 3
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(this is part 3 of my september newsletter)
blogging in vancouver
if you’re curious about blogging in vancouver, join us at our next bloggers meeting on october 18 at century house on richard street (check the link for more info).
we had lots of fun last wednesday, talking about all kinds of […]

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isabella mori’s september newsletter – post 2
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(this is part 2 of my september newsletter – go here for part 1)
mental health voices - october 4
i’ve been part of the board of the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch) for a little over a year now.
the work of this organization is quite dear to my heart. […]

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this is an excerpt of the newsletter i send to my friends, clients and business associates once a month. it’s done with mynewsletterbuilder.com. if you would like to subscribe, email me at moritherapy at shaw dot ca.
to make it easier to read, i’ll post it in four posts:
post 1 – thoughts for today: […]

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after an interesting and stimulating lunch at the orange room in new westminster with doug little, who i had met at a recent ESN roundtable, i had some time left before my next appointment.
originally i had planned to look in at my favourite bread store, especially since i need to stock up on bread. […]

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at our lively bloggers meeting yesterday, jan brought up an interesting topic: the book the end of faith. i have not read it; i am under the impression, however, that it claims that any form of religion leads to violence, or at least provides a cocoon for it.
since i have not read the book, […]

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when clients come to see me in my office, i always have a big glass of water ready for them. some drink it all, others drink nothing, others yet some of it. after they leave, there is a little ritual: all leftover water is given to the plant that lives behind the sofa […]

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yesterday, on the way to the CMHA annual meeting, i got a ride from someone whose generosity and wisdom has always impressed me.
one of the things he said (and i’ll paraphrase – my memory isn’t the best) that there is no point in trying to direct every aspect of our personal or business lives, in […]

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today is the birthday of one of my favourite authors, mystery writer robert b. parker. i love his writing style (the influence of dashiell hammett, the grandfather of mystery novels, is clearly visible), i love his ideas, how he talks about boston.
most of all, i love the mixture of simplicity and subtlety in his […]

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the other day i looked over what some people with depression say about their experience. descriptions of numbness and emptiness outnumbered anything else by far. they talked of being in a dark place that made it impossible for them to feel anything, the kind of unmotivating emptiness that creates

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in preparing for my last toastmasters speech, where i talked about why i walk and use public transit instead of owning a second car in our family, i came across an interesting site that

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