On Life On Life

Mick jagger gimme shelter: my recovery was just a flash away

Fifteen years ago on his Bigger Bang tour Mick Jagger found me between a rock and a hard place, in a crossfire hurricane. Preloaded, titrating, kissing perfect strangers. Ooh, a storm is threatening my very life today. If I don’t get some shelter Ooh Yeah, I’m going to fade away During Jumpin’ Jack Flash I stood on a chair … Continue Reading

360 Mental Health 360 Mental Health

investigating mental health labels and diagnoses

Our minds naturally like things in neat, tidy boxes. Our brains crave organizing things into categories and labeling them. It often makes life easier, helps things make more sense, and can potentially help us have more fun as it affords us the space to think and feel in a more orderly way.   But what happens … Continue Reading

Social Impact Social Impact

the new imagination of mental health

The World Health Organization says mental health disorders are responsible for more disability in developed nations than ANY other health problem. The paradigm of mental wellness is slowly shifting to be more inclusive of various cultures, age groups, and even indigenous wisdom to some degree.   The traditional perspective of mental health is being challenged by … Continue Reading

Letters to Humanity Letters to Humanity

A Handbook for the Curious Heart: Curiosities; Insights, and Thoughtful Prose 

A Certain Kind of Longing …  Relationships of Scale  Nothing is intrinsically right or wrong for everything in place in this world has a place in this world. It is to all things, and our relationship to them on the scale of their attributes, that speaks of a far deeper truth than can be revealed … Continue Reading

Self Mastery Self Mastery

coping with anxiety

A few nights before I was supposed to give a group presentation on a topic, I was informed that I would, in fact, be giving the presentation by myself.  I began feeling nervous and felt a sense of impending doom.  I imagined myself failing and making a fool of myself.  Every time I sat down … Continue Reading

On Life On Life

Mick jagger gimme shelter: my recovery was just a flash away

Fifteen years ago on his Bigger Bang tour Mick Jagger found me between a rock and a hard place, in a crossfire hurricane. Preloaded, titrating, kissing perfect strangers. Ooh, a storm is threatening my very life today. If I don’t get some shelter Ooh Yeah, I’m going to fade away During Jumpin’ Jack Flash I stood on a chair … Continue Reading

Ethical Tech Ethical Tech

Virtual Reality to help with Grief and Anxiety

Grief. Anxiety. Main ingredients in the cuisine of human suffering. How much of our collective energy is focused on eliminating or understanding these primary fears? Scientists, thinkers, artists, healers, and anyone seeking to better understand these shadow parts of our psyche have offered innumerable ideas, songs, medicines, and rituals in an attempt to solve, or … Continue Reading

Social Impact Social Impact

the new imagination of mental health

The World Health Organization says mental health disorders are responsible for more disability in developed nations than ANY other health problem. The paradigm of mental wellness is slowly shifting to be more inclusive of various cultures, age groups, and even indigenous wisdom to some degree.   The traditional perspective of mental health is being challenged by … Continue Reading

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