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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 →
The best definition of power I’ve ever come across is that power is a knowing and active participation in change. Many times, a person who ends up addicted to a substance really had no clue what he or she was… Continue Reading →
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