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welcome to this month’s carnival of eating disorders, a monthly collection of interesting posts on eating disorders and related issues such as anorexia, bulimia, orthorexia, cumpulsive exercising and overeating.
it’s interesting that this carnival is right after the progressive dinner carnival, isn’t it? lots of stuff about food …
because we were so inclusive with yesterday’s [...]

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ok, here we go! the long awaited progressive dinner blog carnival!
what’s a progressive dinner? you start out at one house or restaurant to have hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, then move on to a different one for appetizers, and continue moving from place to place all the way through dessert. our good man [...]

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it’s january 29, and you’ve had a hand at trying your new years resolutions. i sincerely hope they’re going well.
one of the three most common new years resolutions concerns dieting or just generally changing the way you eat. if that something you’ve decided to do and it’s going well, good for you.
if dieting [...]

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the text under this beautiful image – which you can watch in animation – goes like this
a complete understanding of neurovascular coupling is crucial for interpreting functional imaging data and normal brain function. neurons have an intimate relationship with astrocytes, smooth muscle, endothelial cells, pericytes, and erythrocytes. neuronal chemoelectrical activity is speculated to be linked [...]

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welcome to my last instalment of jacob share’s and my conversation on leaving bad work experiences behind. we started this in november and discovered the six stages of recovery from bad work experiences:
we’ve already covered

resign: get the hell out of dodge!
recover: get your bearings before you throw yourself back into the job search
resources: make an [...]

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our meditation meetup meeting on wednesday was at the buddhist peace fellowship here in vancouver. a great big thanks to my friend jennifer for arranging this!
at the end, we did a bit of metta practice. metta is a buddhist loving kindness practice directed literally at everyone in this world, starting with oneself.
i was [...]

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nettie has arrived! she’s “your emotional blog adviser”. is she going to become the bloggers’ dear abby? the dan savage of web 2.0? the dr. phil of social media?
only time will tell …
but you gotta love her handsome little 60’s picture.
visit her for her first column: what to do when you’re too [...]

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suspicion is a heavy armour and with its weight it impedes more than it protects
robert burns
the range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. and because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing [...]

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there was an interesting post a few days ago on PsychCentral, predicting that january 21st – yesterday – would be the most depressing day of the year, according to cliff arnall. or maybe not. maybe it’s in october.
whatever it is, the most interesting part of that article to me was that they also [...]

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good monday, everyone!
many of you know how much i like twitter, the social media site. (if you’ve never been there, go visit here; if you’re looking for me there, you can find me here.)
that’s why i’m really happy to be one of the hosts in my friend vivien’s social media mega project over at [...]

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here is part 2 of the january buddhist carnival. you can find part one here.
t he first two posts will be particularly interesting to people who are just starting to explore buddhism. samuel bryson talks about living in the now – the philosophy of happiness with a twist of zen at his blog [...]

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you may remember that a little while ago, i participated in the compassion project put together by the three monks. we were all asked about presenting our unique thoughts, definitions and views of compassion. i wrote about compassion and social media.
this group writing project has come to an end. i’d like to [...]

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some of you have already made the acquaintance of my wonderful friend tina. i’ve rarely met someone so full of fire, fun and creativity.
tina is working on a book project. until about 10 years ago or so, tina couldn’t read. it’s not because she’s stupid. far from it. she just [...]

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welcome, friends, to january’s edition of a buddhist carnival. like last time, i’ll divide it into two parts, just to make it a bit easier to read.
let’s start with fellow therapist wayne c. allen, who talks about non-duality at the phoenix centre blog.

non-duality … is about loosening one’s grip on “one note being”. life [...]

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over at my “buddy blog” finding your marbles, there is a really good discussion about what happens in therapy. this post here talks about ending therapy. scott asked me to comment on a conundrum a commenter is experiencing.
here’s the problem:
i was sure i could go it alone but couldn’t face telling my therapist [...]

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