In Thandie Newton’s recent Ted Talk, she discusses her experience of Otherness and her exploration of Self. She comments on her rejected, unruly, dysfunctional Self and ways in which her pursuit of Awareness and Oneness helps her control her Self and find fulfillment. Some of the ideas she discusses I find provocative and some informative, some […]
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NYTimes’ Well Blog reports on potential structural changes in the brains of those who practice meditation. “Researchers report that those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray-matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.” “M.R.I. brain scans taken
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I’ve had several conversations recently about how therapy works and how it works differently for each client. Some seem to make leaps and bounds in their quality of life in pursuing insight into their histories and behaviors. Some report being flummoxed with an untangling and a difficult inertia leaving them clouded, stuck. In my practice,
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Maya Angelou – a longtime favorite of mine. I was elated when she spoke my freshman year at Duke. I nearly perfected a brief impersonation, including her speech’s catch phrase: “go out and get it.” She started that speech singing a hymn, a prayer in Hebrew, and a spiritual. In the Duke Chapel. NPR did
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