2016-11-18 12:32
[image from Wikipedia]Who knew that "hobos" had such a powerful and perceptive ethic sense? Wikipedia points to 1890 as the first known use of the word:A hobo is a migratory worker or homele… Read More
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2016-11-11 16:34
Image sourceIn order to understand how Trump became president, it is helpful to look at the actual numbers. The following statistics are taken from the United States Election Project.Voting… Read More
2016-11-10 19:54
I saw this article on Google + so I went to read it, because it sure doesn't feel like the same United States to me. It does not even feel like my country, a place where my values and b… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
2016-11-09 13:36
I blame the progressives who stayed home or voted 3rd party rather than face reality and vote for Clinton to keep Trump from becoming president.I blame ignorance, fear, hatred, misogyny, rac… Read More
![2016 - Worst Presidential Election [Ever?] - Still Only One Choice We Can Live With As A Nation](https://cdn.blogarama.com/images/posts_thumbs_site_id/135/13500-1868398490.w320.jpg "2016 - Worst Presidential Election [Ever?] - Still Only One Choice We Can Live With As A Nation")
2016-11-08 16:21
"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." ~ Douglas AdamsWhat follows is an expansion of my penultimate Facebook post before… Read More
2016-05-22 13:55
Urban Tellers®, May 14, 2016Donna Zerner on the Portland Story Theater stage at Alberta Abbey for live storytellingHosted by Lynne Duddy and Lawrence HowardStatement from Donna Zerner on… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Harvard professor of psychology Steven Pinker visited UC Berkeley back in February as a part of the Conversations with History lecture series. In this talk he focused on the development of h… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
A new issue of the Integral Leadership Review is online now, the first installment of the April through June edition. Table of contents is below. April-June 2014Table of ContentsLeading… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
It's amusing that so many modern humans take a story that was likely meant as a parable and try to make it factual. With the release of the new David Aronofsky film, Noah, starring Russell C… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
This article has been out for almost two months, but I just discovered it. Good timing, too, since I am currently writing an article refuting the new mandate from the National Institut… Read More
2016-03-12 21:17
Here is a listing of all known (at this time) articles about Marc Gafni that have appeared since the December 25th New York Times article. After the list of current articles, there is a list… Read More
2016-03-05 20:59
Hubert Hermans' Dialogical Self Theory is one of the most robust and usable multiplicity-of-self models available. Dr. David Van Nuys speaks with Hermans on the dialogical self and dreams. T… Read More
2016-02-04 21:40
The following is from Martha Stout, Ph.D., in her book, The Sociopath Next Door (pages 156-162). These are good guidelines for anyone who knows, works with/for, or have been involved with a… Read More
2016-02-04 19:47
The following is from Martha Stout, Ph.D., in her book, The Sociopath Next Door (pages 156-162). These are good guidelines for anyone who knows, works with/for, or have been involved with a… Read More
2016-01-24 14:10
As of today, only two survivors of Marc Gafni's (also known as Mordechai Gafni, Mordechai Winiarz, or Mordechai Winyarz) abuses have come forward with their names and their stories… Read More
2016-01-21 03:23
[NOTE: I have been actively involved in the newest Marc Gafni situation for the last two weeks, posting a lot of material on Twitter and Facebook. This post has been in process since Christm… Read More
2016-01-13 03:26
Another group has created a formal letter distancing themselves from (in this case their former teacher) Marc Gafni. Maggidic Journey Havurah, a community of former students of Gafni (2003-2… Read More
2015-11-02 00:30
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatic herbaceous plant belonging to the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to southwest India (also cultivated in Bangladesh, P… Read More
2015-09-14 01:29
Below is a promo from Sounds True for the new book from Loch Kelly - Shift into Freedom: The Science and Practice of Open-Hearted Awareness (links to Sounds True page for the book - here is… Read More
2015-09-04 16:39
Teleology is an account of a given thing's purpose. For example, Aristotle argued that the purpose of an acorn, its intrinsic telos, is to become an oak tree. This is intrinsic teleolog… Read More
2015-08-18 19:58
Thanissara - Time to Stand Up: An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth -- The Buddha's Life and Message through Feminine Eyes (To be published on August 18, 2015 - Pre-order at the Amazo… Read More
2015-07-15 15:08
Adi DaNOTE: this post is based on a series of comments I made on a thread over at Facebook. The topic had to do with the relationship of brain science and understanding cult behaviors… Read More
2015-05-30 03:36
From Mosaic, this is an excellent article on the medical aspect of polyvagal theory. Those who work in the psychological trauma field already know a little or a lot about polyvagal theory fr… Read More
2015-05-29 20:29
The following is a guest post from my friend Arthur Gillard. He recently interviewed the creators of the science fiction/lucid dreaming web series, Anamnesis. Here is a brief synopsis of the… Read More
2015-05-29 02:55
It's a well-known feature of perpetrators that they generally deny what they have done, attack the accusers (often attempting to destroy their character), and then reverse the situation so t… Read More
2015-04-11 23:51
Published on Apr 7, 2015Keynote address recorded March 14, 2015 at the inaugural International Convention of Psychological Science in Amsterdam.Saturday, 14 March 2015George Lakoff Departme… Read More
2015-03-28 03:43
Thursday afternoon, Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser, and John O'Keefe, the three 2014 Nobel Prize winners for Physiology or Medicine, along with Eleanor Maguire, the winner of the 2003 Ig Nobe… Read More
2015-03-06 16:26
This appears to be the first good research showing why SSRIs do not work for most people in treating depression and anxiety. It appears that early life stress increases serotonin levels in t… Read More
2015-03-05 03:18
I have been re-reading a book by Joseph LeDoux (NYU), Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are (2002), in which he argues that synapses in the brain are the foundation of persona… Read More
Toward An Embodied Science Of Intersubjectivity: Widening The Scope Of Social Understanding Research
2015-03-03 02:19
The following article is an introduction to the Research Topic on Frontiers in Psychology: Cognitive Science: Towards an embodied science of intersubjectivity: Widening the scope of social u… Read More
2015-02-25 02:34
One of the biggest challenges in working with survivors of sexual trauma is the client's sense of failure if, during the course of the assault or rape, s/he froze and did not fight or run. T… Read More
2015-02-05 22:47
The new episode of Dr. Ginger Campbell's Brain Science Podcast features a conversation with philosopher Evan Thompson, PhD, about his new book, Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousnes… Read More
2015-01-18 23:44
It's time again for the annual EDGE question for 2015 - What do you think about machines that think? Among this years respondents are many authors and thinkers who work in psychology, neuros… Read More
2015-01-11 23:45
Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin emailed me and suggested I might like to share his recent article, "The McMindfulness Craze: The Shadow Side of the Mindfulness Revolution" (which originally appeared at… Read More
2015-01-05 02:21
Evan Thompson's new book is Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy (2014). I'm only about 4 chapters into it at this point, but I find my… Read More
Shrink Rap Radio #436 – Brain, Mind, And Body In The Healing Of Trauma With Bessel Van Der Kolk MD
2015-01-02 02:52
Dr. Bessel van der Kolk is not only one of the main figures in the treatment of trauma and traumatic stress, he was one of the architects of the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnos… Read More
2014-12-31 17:45
Tomorrow begins the New Year and a lot of people make resolutions for weight loss and/or healthier nutrition. WebMD offered this list of healthy fat-fighting foods to help you get the result… Read More
2014-12-27 16:22
My partner (read: girlfriend) has started a new blog called The Couch. Jami Parrish, LPC, CSAT, CMC, is a therapist and coach whose aim is to help others live fully and authentically. She's… Read More
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