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Entries Tagged as 'communication'
twitter rant
May 21st, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: communication · the net
buddhist carnival, may 2009 - the mixed-bag-it’s-all-connected edition
May 15th, 2009 · No Comments
may 15 - time for another buddhist carnival. if you want to see previous buddhist carnivals, go here.
today there is no topic, really, just a criss-cross romp through the buddhasphere.
another enlightenment machine
… like the one you see depicted to the right. here are some explanations
i have made an exciting new “thought to text™” […]
Tags: blogs of note · communication · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · interesting books · philosophy and education · spirituality
peaceful communication - problems and solutions
May 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments
in the last few months, i have had much occasion to think about the concept of nonviolent or peaceful communication.
there is the general idea of nonviolent communication, and then there is nonviolent communication as it has been much talked about lately, created by marshal rosenberg. in his definition, NVC is
a way of relating to […]
Tags: communication · peace, environment, social justice et al
mental health and mental illness in different cultures
April 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments
the last few days, i have been thinking repeatedly about the ideas fellow vancouver blogger karen fung has brought up in her post on march 9. she muses about three topics, all of which fascinating. the one about mental health issues with immigrant populations is particularly intriguing, perhaps because for the past year, […]
Tags: communication · depression and mental illness
is tweeting about omid reza misayafi a negative thing?
March 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments
the other day, an interesting discussion took place on twitter. i tweeted a link to the death in prison of omid reza misayafi, the iranian blogger who had been sentenced to three years in prison for blogging in ways that the iranian government found threatening.
one of my fellow tweeters found that this was a […]
Tags: communication · news and events · peace, environment, social justice et al
meaningful stories and idle chatter
December 5th, 2008 · 10 Comments
a theme for me in the last little while has been to hear from others, “i don’t want to talk about this because i don’t want to be a burden.”
i honestly think i’m wired differently than most people. hearing people’s meaningful stories, whatever they’re about, is rarely, rarely a burden for me. and […]
Tags: communication · depression and mental illness · therapy
cats, sanskrit, and 9 kinds of love – or was it 96?
December 4th, 2008 · 7 Comments
first thing this morning, i opened the kitchen door and let rum in, our cat. i bent down, stroked her thick gray fur, and told her how beautiful she was. i love rum. this love is tinged with admiration. we call her our zen cat; she is one of the most […]
Tags: communication
carnival of eating disorders on hallowe’en
October 31st, 2008 · 9 Comments
it’s hallowe’en! i’m busy being a fashion mistake - that’s my costume for this year. this picture gives you a bit of a taste of but it doesn’t show the real nice touches – the smeared rouge, the bags under the eyes, the wool socks over the leopard pyjamas under the fancy black […]
Tags: blogs of note · communication · eating disorders, body image & similar topics
depression and the power of language
September 5th, 2008 · 17 Comments
depression is a state of subtraction, says catatonic kid,
depression is not an approachable thing. it seems, in fact, to be precisely the opposite. it has a power to repel that is apparently so strong that it stops our mouths before we have even thought to speak of all that runs through its dark night.
and
there are […]
Tags: communication · depression and mental illness
cancer: families, communication, self-development, fatigue
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments
the last two frozen pea friday entries were a bit more introspective and heavy. today’s post is heavy, too, but only on science. i wanted to see what solutions health psychologists are looking at in terms of frequently occurring problems for cancer patients,e.g. how to talk about cancer, how cancer impacts family life, […]
Tags: cancer · communication · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · psychological research and other things academic
carnival of healing #143
June 21st, 2008 · 8 Comments
it’s been a year since i last hosted a carnival of healing, so it’s great to come back to this. as usual, there were many submissions. so this is a rather long post. i’ve categorized them to make it a bit easier to read.
personal development and spirituality
spiritual healing: 50+ podcasts to find […]
Tags: blogs of note · communication · emotional health · spirituality
learning to listen
June 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments
today i’m guest blogging over at alex’s blog, our evolution, about a profound experience i had some years ago that allowed me to transcend my little judgments and and truly listen to the essence of what is said. you’d think that as a counsellor, that should be second nature to me – and i […]
Tags: blogs of note · communication · interesting books · spirituality
quickie: what’s a friend?
May 18th, 2008 · 17 Comments
just a few quick thoughts here, inspired by my twitter friend todd. in his tweetings today and his most recent blog post, he talks about a social media tool called friendfeed.
“friend” is a word that’s used a lot in social media. often it’s just the name that you give a contact on whatever […]
Tags: communication · the net
mental health week: empowerment in the workplace
May 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
yesterday i had a wonderful conversation with dr. matthew b. james about the hawaiian spiritual system of huna. since this is national mental health week and the focus of this year’s mental health week is workplace mental health, i asked him about huna in the workplace.
what is huna?
first of all, what is huna? […]
Tags: communication · emotional health · spirituality
comment aspirations
March 17th, 2008 · 9 Comments
i love all your comments, people! one of the things i had hoped for in my goals for this year was to have more conversations on this blog, and i think that’s happening. thank you so much!
so with this in mind, i thought it’s time to throw together some comment guidelines. not […]
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