The topic of healthy femininity and masculinity has much breadth to it. This quote summarizes a beautiful starting point in restoring femininity to our culture while honoring the balancing traits of the healthy masculine as part of the process. Femininity is not generalized towards women and masculinity does not have to be generalized towards men. […]
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Heal: The Body’s Capacity To Heal Itself
It’s always so exciting when scientific research deepens and enters into new horizons. Kelly Noonan Gores created a thought-provoking documentary, Heal that highlights research that shows that our bodies have the capacity to heal from life-threatening prognosis. She weaves in stories of her own journey and other women and men she has met who are […]
Free Solo – Perfectionism: The Wound And The Gift
Imagine climbing a 3,200 foot wall of sheer granite. Now imagine doing that without a rope and a camera crew recording you. Next invite some close friends and have them watch you too. If you fall, you die. Free Solo is the 2019 Oscar-winning documentary that chronicles Alex Honnold’s journey to doing just that and […]
The Authentic Self Is The Soul Made Visible.
While sifting through many quotes today, I found this quote that resonated with me about authenticity. One of the benefits of psychotherapy is helping you connect to the deeper parts of yourself, perhaps to a place that can feel lost, hazy, or buried. Many problems can occur in our lives when we lose connection with […]
A Podcast & 3 Books To Stir Up Some Conversation
It’s winter time, and while I’m working, it also feels a little bit like hibernation time. In southern Ontario the temperature can fluctuate 40 degrees Celsius in the span of a few days. Just last week it was -30 and then we had 3 balmy days of 10 degrees. And then an ice storm. During […]
Meister Eckhart Quote
A quote today from the wise Meister Eckhart,a German philosopher from the 13th century. I first came to hear of him from the poet John O’Donohue who savoured Eckhart’s work.
