In “Falling off the Edge of the Known World” at Odyssey Storytelling last week   (watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Ek9RJ8TCo     ), I talked about creating a culture of healing. I contrasted it with a shame-based punishment model from the Puritans, and described its roots in several spiritual traditions: Christianity also encompasses redemption. In my own Jewish tradition, tikkun […]

A simple way to energize the chakras, the body’s energy centers–while taking a walk, first look for something red, then the color orange, and up the spectrum

Medical doctors recognizing the healing power of stories–http://ping.fm/YSgAv

Stories heal, in the telling and the hearing. Isolated facts are simply pinpoints of data. It is stories that give our experiences meaning. http://ping.fm/Ckn43

Would you like insurance to cover what is most healing for you–learn about Cafeteria Plans http://ping.fm/kR8c1 #in

From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice http://ping.fm/dNNuP #in

Happy Earth Day–earth connections contribute to our mental health http://ping.fm/v1ezs and see the water ritual photos on my Facebook page

Anyone know how to darn socks? That was a popular reskilling workshop for sustainability elsewhere. My organic socks are just going to rags

Would you like to be more emotionally agile–able to get the message from an emotion, take action, and then let it go? I found this book very helpful: http://ping.fm/hmrkL

multitasking–what is effective, and what overloads your brain? the latest research: http://ping.fm/hVFEn #in