“Later, working as a therapist, I fell into the same trap. When you become afraid that a client may commit suicide, you become anxious, and as your anxiety increases, your urge to control the client increases, too. So for awhile, my experience with clients was the same one the Institute had with me. I eventuallyContinue reading ““Building A Life Worth Living: A Memoir Marsha M. Linehan”; Trying to Control a Suicidal Person”
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“Building A Life Worth Living: A Memoir by Marsha M. Linehan”; The suicidal mind
“A suicidal person is like someone trapped in a small room with high walls that are stark white. The room has no lights or windows. The room is is hot and humid, and the boiling heat of the floor of hell is excruciatingly painful. The person searches for a door out of life worth livingContinue reading ““Building A Life Worth Living: A Memoir by Marsha M. Linehan”; The suicidal mind”
RKS Wine: Hot For Hungary? Drinking outside the box
Hungarian wine dribbles into the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) at a slow pace. Shame. While I enjoy the red Kéfrankos and the legendary Tokaji sweet white wine we really don’t see much more than that. This time it is a Zelna Bárka Red blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Are weContinue reading “RKS Wine: Hot For Hungary? Drinking outside the box”
RKS Wine: A Couple of 92’s from Spain
Imagine as a wine producer no wine reviewer picks up your wine. Well that’s not so bad if your wine is good. Favourable news travels by word of mouth. If you receive a negative review distributors want to keep that off the radar. If you get a 90 plus it is as if you haveContinue reading “RKS Wine: A Couple of 92’s from Spain”
“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 76 “The Jiber’s Infiltration Plans”
Jiber thought it was time to give his crew a talk and hand out some orders. He spoke to them under a grove of maple trees in a deserted part of the Montreal suburb Hudson. “Comrades. It is apparent that if one day we are to conquer Zortixia we require an army. We are awareContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 76 “The Jiber’s Infiltration Plans””
“Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir by Marsha M. Linehan”: An Introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
“Two things make DBT unique. The first is the dynamic balance between acceptance of oneself and one’s situation in life, on the one hand and embracing change on the other. (That is what “dialectics” means-the balance of opposites and the coming to a synthesis.). Traditional psychotherapy focuses primarily on helping people change their behaviours, replacingContinue reading ““Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir by Marsha M. Linehan”: An Introduction to Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)”
Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Doctors, Patients and People
“In mindfulness-based programs people learn to face their life problems and develop personalized strategies for working with them rather than simply giving themselves over to “experts” who are supposed to just “fix them” or make their problems magically disappear. Such programs are vehicles in which people can work to be healthier and more resilient, changeContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Doctors, Patients and People”
RKS Wine: Happy Canada Day and Happy 4th of July
All living souls in Canada and the United States have been through a difficult and frustrating time with COVID-19. There hasn’t been much optimism this year with wave after wave and dire threats and a ceaseless stream of propaganda from a politico medico elite funded by our tax dollars. But it would seem finally thatContinue reading “RKS Wine: Happy Canada Day and Happy 4th of July”
COVID Exposes Racial Inequalities in the United States
Health disparities and the racial burden of COVID-19 With new evidence suggesting Black and Hispanic populations were disproportionately affected by the pandemic, experts weigh in on the importance of vaccination and addressing health disparities CREDIT:WILL KIRK / JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BySaralyn Cruickshank / Published Jun 25 Despite substantial gains in vaccinating Americans against COVID-19, the United States mustContinue reading “COVID Exposes Racial Inequalities in the United States”
“Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 76 “Why Don’t Those Idiots Simply Take Over Canada?”
According to the Jiber’s reading of the history of Quebec the British invaders failed to impose a strict conformity of the British Empire on the defeated French. A big mistake! Now the USA economically and socially was in command of Canada why not wipe it out as a country and make it part of theContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 76 “Why Don’t Those Idiots Simply Take Over Canada?””
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