If the spirit moves you, please donate to keep this blog going (think of it as a tip jar — like what you read? tip me…)
Wink (2005) describes critical pedagogy as a way for people to become aware of their own contexts and their respective roles within those contexts. Critical pedagogy calls for people to name their reality in their own terms, to reflect critically… Continue Reading →
I’ve heard self-righteous sinners call depression a self-pity party. They congregate and pray and sing away their need to swim in gallons of jack Daniel’s: in words and in songs they congratulate themselves because in a blink of an eye… Continue Reading →
I am going to present some evidence about reflective journaling’s role in psychological health. TO start, Hubbs and Brand (2005) describe three types of reflective journaling: (1) the dialogue journal which provides a means for the student and instructor to… Continue Reading →
why do we not see a smile? instead we suffocate our selves in back alleys among urine-tinged cigarette butts decaying in blood-laced mud. a smile forms free and doesn’t hurt like piercing a weakened vein why do we not give… Continue Reading →
People tend to be afraid of the dark. They might run away from its shadows But I say: Fuck that – grab the dark and Wear it like a jacket. Let it form and fit Every nook and cranny of… Continue Reading →
I read an interview with Joyce DiDonato (an acclaimed opera singer/actress) where she said, “I need to be in the moment, I need to be present, I need to be listening. And if I’m doing those things, then everything else… Continue Reading →
I don’t know why some people end up lost within an addiction while others don’t. Nor can I say with any certainty that a given treatment plan will work. In situations of great complexity, of which addiction is one, there… Continue Reading →
People shuffled around me as I attempted to offer condolences to a man whose committed suicide. I didn’t know the man; he’s a friend of my wife’s and I had never met him before his son’s funeral. But in his… Continue Reading →
It might be easy to dismiss someone who suffers with an addiction as a “junkie” or as a “drunk” or as an “addict.” But what’s lost in that dismissal are the significant changes that occur in someone’s brain as a… Continue Reading →
Whenever I learn a new piece of music, I don’t try to learn the whole thing at once. Music is often so complex that it can overwhelm me if I try to take it on all at the same time…. Continue Reading →
If the spirit moves you, please donate to keep this blog going (think of it as a tip jar — like what you read? tip me…)
© 2026 JBLEA1016.com — Powered by WordPress
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑