Environmental Factors

Environmental Factors and Mental Health What is Dowsing? It is the ability to access information not available to the 5 senses.  In other words it is a tool for navigating subtle realms.   I discovered dowsing at the age of 40 in Vermont and a whole new world opened up to me.  Dowsers are mostly…

The task of Life

As Jung said: “Neurosis is the flight from authentic suffering”, so suffering either way – if you have inauthentic suffering, you will be hit with a depression that comes from the unlived life. If you risk and step into life more fully, you will have a lot of anxiety, but thats preferable to depression, because…

Hero: Pasi Sahlberg

By the 1980s, Finland was quietly doing something the rest of the world called impossible. No standardized tests for children. No school rankings. No competition between classrooms. Teachers were required to earn master’s degrees — the same level as doctors and lawyers. They were trusted to make their own decisions. If a child seemed anxious,…

There is a cure to violence

Violence behaves like a contagious problem. It is transmitted through exposure, acquired through contagious brain mechanisms and social processes, and it can be effectively prevented and treated using health methods. To date, the health sector and health professionals have been highly underutilized for the prevention, treatment, and control of violence. Shifting the Paradigm: Now is the…

Helpful quotes

Wittgenstein quote: We must begin with the mistake and find out the truth in it. That is, we must uncover the source of the error; otherwise hearing what is true won’t help us. It cannot penetrate when something is taking its place. Arto Annila Back to Reality We cannot dislodge a mistaken belief simply be…

WARNING SIGNS OF HEALTH

  12 WARNING SIGNS OF HEALTH   PERSISTENT PRESENCE OF A SUPPORT NETWORK CHRONIC POSITIVE EXPECTATIONS, TENDENCY TO FRAME EVENTS IN A CONSTRUCTIVE LIGHT EPISODIC PEAK EXPERIENCES SENSE OF SPIRITUAL INVOLVEMENT INCREASED SENSITIVITY TENDENCY TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS RAPID RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OF ADRENALINE SYSTEM DUE TO REPEATED CHALLENGES INCREASED APPETITE FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY…