The Promise and Peril of Spiritual Belief
“Perhaps we all lose our sense of reality to the precise degree to which we are engrossed in our own work.” – W. D. Sebald, The Rings of Saturn I know a man, a Buddhist […]
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You Are The Macrocosm
We can define and explore reality from either an objective or a subjective viewpoint. Consider objective and subjective views of space and time. From an objective view, space contains an infinite number of different theres, […]
Stoked on Recovery: A Surfer’s Perspective on Treating the Chemically Addicted
Last week I was out in the water giving a surf lesson to a young man. He paddles his board back to me after a heavy wipeout. He’s clearly frustrated. “I keep falling off. Everyone […]
Art and Addiction Recovery
“Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who […]
If I Could Keep Time In A Body
I hate new age, woo-woo therapies. One of the biggest reasons for this hate is that I practice a new age, woo-woo therapy, maybe the wooiest. I am a craniosacral practitioner and while I feel […]
Featured Practitioner : Julie Langton Smith MSc
Julie Langton Smith MSc Experience and Current Practice Julie is a Naturopathic doctor who combines Psychology, Psychotherapy, Coaching and Clinical Hypnotherapy with an overall approach to assessing the health of each individual. She has worked […]
The Near Future of AI: The Road to Super Intelligent Apps and Machines
The Artificial intelligence revolution is changing lives but scaring millions. AIs are already everywhere, supporting the human mind in the pursuit to make the world better and our way of life even easier. They’re in […]
The Changing Face of Therapy and Mental Health in the Age of Social Media.
Many of us have heard of the stigma that encircles any remote notion pointing toward mental health and therapy. If our co-worker or a neighbor confides in us that he is going to a therapist […]
Crash Course in Urban Shamanism
Spiritual practice is not for everyone, but sometimes survivors of psychosis have a calling to discover the truth in the world’s mystical traditions. This essay summarizes some of the lessons I’ve learned exploring altered states. […]