if you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. thanks for visiting!for those of you who are not familiar with this blog, every 15th of the month i post a collection of posts about buddhist topics. it all started as a contribution to blog carnival in november 2007. over time, […]
Entries Tagged as 'interesting books'
june 2009 buddhist carnival
June 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · interesting books · spirituality
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
blogging yourself home - the books
May 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments
for the blogging yourself home workshop at MentalHealthCamp, i had referred to a number of books in addition to leon tan’s fabulous article on MySpace and blogging as a form of self therapy.
here they are:
writing from the heart - tapping the power of your inner voice, by nancy slonim aronie
love the friendly, welcoming, comfortable tone […]
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · depression and mental illness · emotional health · interesting books · the net · therapy
inspired!
April 5th, 2009 · 8 Comments
it’s sunday inspiration time, a meme created by my friend sojourner.
today i am inspired by
reading and writing haiku
my 2-year-old grandson and his single-minded focus on choo-choo trains
my professional immigrant clients from china who are giving up impressive professional success in their country to start from scratch in a totally new culture
my friend […]
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · emotional health · interesting books · spirituality
carried through the year by the we’moon calendar
March 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments
i am a huge fan of the we’moon daytimer. to this day, i see as one of the perks of quitting my job as chief cook and bottlewasher at the skills connection the fact that i didn’t need a huge appointment calendar anymore and could go back to using the we’moon daytimer.
we’moon is a […]
Tags: interesting books · peace, environment, social justice et al · spirituality
beating ANA - one relationship at a time
March 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments
“relationships replace eating disorders. period. the end.”
this is the central message of beating ANA – how to outsmart year eating disorder and take your life back by shannon cutts. it’s a book i’d recommend to anyone who wants to work their way out of an eating disorder.
the more loving, supportive, therapeutic relationships that exist […]
Tags: eating disorders, body image & similar topics · interesting books
mental health hopes
March 20th, 2009 · 6 Comments
i just came back from an invigorating time with raul raul and cathy, talking about MentalHealthCamp. poor cathy had to listen to me being stubborn about not “massaging” the message about MentalHealthCamp too much – i like the raw greassroots approach.
what’s funny is that on my way back on the bus i read […]
Tags: depression and mental illness · interesting books · news and events
march 2009 buddhist carnival - in reverse
March 15th, 2009 · 11 Comments
roses are blooming on the rosebush.
there is nothing strange.
the flower blooms silently and falls quietly without sound,
never again to return to its branch.
her total existence is expressed in that one moment.
one place on the branch.
that is the voice of the flower,
the truth of the single flower on the branch.
therein lies the joy of life, infinitely […]
Tags: blogs of note · eating disorders, body image & similar topics · interesting books · spirituality
tea, zen and the complexity of mental illness
March 1st, 2009 · 7 Comments
my good friend carol has a new blog, cha-cha-cha - adventures with tea. she just published one of my melodramatic poems there, ode to tea.
tea - a neverending topic, really. reminds me a bit about the twitter and face-to-face conversations i’ve had in the last few days (with the ever-thoughtful ashok, for example) about the […]
Tags: depression and mental illness · interesting books · spirituality
love and timelessness
February 9th, 2009 · 4 Comments
some notes on love from deepak chopra’s ageless body, timeless mind:
passion and commitment, love and dedication, self-worth and fulfillment – all are born in Being; they are qualities of the essential self that blossoms when you are free from narrow attachments
moments of nonattachment are characterized by perceiving the inner world as an open space […]
Tags: emotional health · interesting books · psychological research and other things academic · spirituality
25 things
February 5th, 2009 · 12 Comments
a bunch of people tagged me on facebook with the “25 things about you” meme. i’m going to try and do this a) really quick and b) restrict my answers to the kinds of things discussed here on this blog, namely psychology, creativity/art, spirituality, books and lefty stuff (you know, social justice, peace – […]
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · interesting books · peace, environment, social justice et al · psychological research and other things academic
there but for the grace of god go i: sunday inspiration
February 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
just musing over a few things here, inspired by some of the blogs i read …
at nourish, a bittersweet post about jacqueline du pres, one of the most amazing musicians of the last century. this genius young cellist graced the world of classical music for a short 12 years. then her blazing light […]
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · emotional health · interesting books · news and events · spirituality
best of carnival of eating disorders
January 31st, 2009 · 4 Comments
welcome to the 24th edition of the carnival of eating disorders! blog carnival has been really problematic for the last few months. so instead of struggling with the blog carnival site, i just went back and looked at some posts from the past that i really enjoyed. here they are:
a poem
for the […]
Tags: blogs of note · eating disorders, body image & similar topics · interesting books · psychological research and other things academic · queer talk, gender issues and sexual identity · spirituality
walking through walls: memoir of a psychic
January 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments
i’ve marked at least 30 pages in walking through walls, the intriguing memoir of lew smith, eccentric husband, exorcist, vegetarian, psychic, healer, lover – and last not least, decorator to the rich and famous, the “king of beads”, the father of the bead curtain.
as well as father of philip smith, loving and perplexed son, and […]
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · interesting books · spirituality
carnival of eating disorders #23 - part 2
January 5th, 2009 · 9 Comments
here’s part 2 of eating disorders carnival #23, a monthly blog carnival about eating disorders, body image and related issues. part 1 is here.
intuitive eating: challenge the food police
through thick’n’thin has a series of posts where the book “intuitive eating” by evelyn tribole and elyse resch is discussed. the book contains ‘the in-body […]
Tags: blogs of note · depression and mental illness · eating disorders, body image & similar topics · emotional health · interesting books · psychological research and other things academic



