Posts Tagged ‘practice’

What Comes After Recovery from Depression?

Written by John on July 16th, 2010
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Some Rights Reserved by Mike Baird at Flickr In response to a recent post, Clinically Clueless commented that, for her, recovery was a process, not a destination. She needed to keep aware of it, like those recovering from addiction, in order to catch the signs of relapse. I’ve thought of recovery in a similar way, [...]

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Tags: depression, life, pattern, practice, reconnecting, Recovery
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Writing, Creativity and Healing – 2

Written by John on June 9th, 2009
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Some Rights Reserved by cmykcellist at Flickr Thanks again to isabella at moritherapy and her post about Mental Health Camp, I’ve been reading Louise DeSalvo’s Writing as a Way of Healing. She discusses at length not only the healing power of the writing process but also the need for a writer to care for the [...]

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Tags: Anthony Storr, creativity, detachment, fulfillment, healing, life, Louise DeSalvo, meditation, mind, mood, personality, practice, reality, spirituality, Writing, yoga
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Dreams, Depression & Spirituality – 2

Written by John on March 9th, 2008
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Some Rights Reserved by Elena Acin at Flickr Insightful comments by Stephany and Jane are helping me get to another stage in dealing with depression. In a previous post I started wondering if there might be a very different way of imagining and experiencing this illness. Could there be a way of adapting that started [...]

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Tags: breakthrough, consciousness, creativity, depression, dream, Jane Chin, learning, practice, spirituality, Stephany
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