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Entries from August 2008

carnival of eating disorders, august 2008 edition

August 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments

welcome to the august 2008 edition of the carnival of eating disorders! there is a lot of interesting material, so i’ll do the same that i do with the buddhist carnival and present the articles in two different posts. this first post will deal with anorexia. the second will deal with body image and overeating. [...]

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Tags: blogs of note · eating disorders, body image & similar topics · psychological research and other things academic

lazy vacation

August 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

friends, i’m going to do the unthinkable. i will not blog for 8 days!!! see you on the 31st, for the carnival of eating disorders. in the meantime, please amuse yourself, look to your left, and have fun with my over 1,000 posts and pages! (or you could also do what i do: go out, [...]

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Tags: emotional health

raising children, raising parents

August 21st, 2008 · 7 Comments

lin over at telling it like it is has an article on 10 ways to raise children to use drugs. examples: encourage insecurity by telling them to keep secrets from other family members or family secrets from others avoid touching, hugging, and taking time to interact with your children. disregard their physical needs. ignore their [...]

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Tags: addictions · blogs of note

deep purple

August 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

image by petra voegtle

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Tags: wordless wednesday

just brilliant!

August 19th, 2008 · 15 Comments

about 10 days ago, geert awarded me the brilliant web award. thank you, geert, especially coming from you! geert posts mostly in dutch (and i have a hilarious time trying to decipher it) but also in english once in a while. so now my job, he says, is to nominate at least 7 more for [...]

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Tags: blogs of note · the net

a buddhist carnival – 9th edition, part 2

August 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments

and here is part 2 of this month’s buddhist carnival. part 1 is here. exercise as practice unapologetic genius discusses exercise as meditative practice, something i also enjoy tremendously. being present to my body, my body who is present to me at all times, can bring an exquisite experience of reality. in fact, i think [...]

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Tags: blogs of note · spirituality

a buddhist carnival – 9th edition, part 1

August 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

welcome to the 9th edition of the buddhist carnival. it’s only been nine months? it seems like a long time, and a good long time. i always look forward to putting this carnival together. even though there are still problems with blog carnival, we have a very nice selection of articles on buddhism this month; [...]

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Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · spirituality

bird and shadow on a wordless wednesday

August 13th, 2008 · 7 Comments

(image by estherase)

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Tags: wordless wednesday

recovering from anorexia: overcoming the obstacles

August 11th, 2008 · 8 Comments

today we have a guest post from aliya, who has been very active in our anorexia recovery forum. she is a young woman who has been in recovery from anorexia for 7 months. she shares her struggles in the beginning of recovery from anorexia and how to overcome them. well, having been in recovery for [...]

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Tags: eating disorders, body image & similar topics

submissions for buddhist carnival on august 15

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments

the buddhist carnival is coming up again august 15, and i’m still having problems with blog carnival “getting it” that this is happening, and i don’ thave a lot of submissions yet.  so i’m taking matters in my own hands and am asking you: anyone with some interesting buddhist material out there?  please submit the [...]

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Tags: blogs of note · spirituality

are we a cult?

August 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments

“to me, most of the current world civilization is a cult.” this is what my blogging friend alex said recently in a comment on one of my posts on cults. is our civilization a cult? it’s an interesting question so let’s see what answers we can find. perhaps one way to start is to look [...]

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Tags: philosophy and education

light a candle for tibet – and for so much more

August 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

today, august 7th 2008, is the day before the opening ceremony of the olympic games in beijing. on this day, millions of people from all over the world will light a candle and say yes to freedom in tibet! find out more here on the candles for tibet site. i know, this is a bit of [...]

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Tags: blogs of note · peace, environment, social justice et al

a candle in the window for tibet – almost wordless

August 6th, 2008 · 9 Comments

tomorrow, august 7th 2008, is the day before the opening ceremony of the olympic games in beijing. on this day we aim to create the world’s greatest LIGHT PROTEST, when at least 100 million people from all over the world will light a candle and say YES to freedom in tibet! find out more here [...]

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Tags: peace, environment, social justice et al · wordless wednesday

addiction, genetics and early brain development

August 4th, 2008 · 9 Comments

in a comment yesterday on my article on some research on adult children of alcoholics, CP stressed the importance of genetics in alcoholism. i would like to contrast that with another point of view. gabor mate offers this theory in his book in the realm of hungry ghosts: close encounters with addiction brain development in [...]

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Tags: addictions · interesting books · psychological research and other things academic

opposites, delight and gratification

August 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

lately, i’ve been mulling around in my head the concept of delight. i am part of a small support group, and one thing my support people do is to phone me up on a regular basis and ask me, “what was delightful in the last 24 hours? what will be delightful in the next 12 [...]

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Tags: addictions · philosophy and education