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The Embodiment of Freedom: An integral approach to optimal health and personal transformation (Part 2: Defining terms)
As a student of psychology, both academically and in the broadest sense, I have surveyed a number of practices and fields of study that strive to help individuals become more fully themselves. These can generally be described as approaches to … Continue reading
The Embodiment of Freedom: An integral approach to optimal health and personal transformation (Part 1: Introduction to the inquiry)
We’ve all had moments when we feel particularly full of life, especially present to whatever we’re engaged in — times when we’re simply more on, more there, more tuned in to life than usual. I was in my mid-twenties when … Continue reading
Book Review: The Sustainable You, by John Loupos
It’s been over twenty years since Somatics pioneer Thomas Hanna published his seminal article titled Clinical Somatic Education—a concise outline of what he hoped would become “A new discipline in the field of health care”. A brilliant philosopher and gifted … Continue reading
Q & A with Sam Harris
As I continue to explore questions of human potential with an eye toward balancing open-minded inquiry and rigorous, evidence-based critical thinking, no one has been more inspiring to me in recent years than Sam Harris. Especially considering his recent focus … Continue reading
Unwinding
I do a very idiosyncratic meditation practice of sorts that has evolved over many years — a little song and dance I call “unwinding.” Basically, I just lie on the floor, on my back, and do nothing. I inhibit any … Continue reading
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When Stress Becomes Stressed Out – 5 Ways to Outsmart the Invisible Killer: Presented by Dr. Neha Sangwan
[Thanks to William Harryman at Integral Options Café for posting about this talk.] I’m impressed with Dr. Sangwan, and her new venture called Intuitive Intelligence strikes me as a fine example of an approach to Integral Health. Here’s a bit … Continue reading
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Ellen Hughes: What Science Tells Us About How to Thrive
I’m loving UCSF’s Mini Medical School for the Public. The following presentation by Dr. Ellen Hughes is particularly interesting and useful, as she explains the latest science in understandable terms and then offers a variety of practical strategies for making … Continue reading
Sam Harris: We are lost in thought
The Edge Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is “to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.” This year the foundation … Continue reading
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Dr. Ben Goldacre on The Placebo Effect
I’m a long-time fan of Dr. Ben Goldacre and his blog, Bad Science. Yesterday I finally got around to listening to the BBC Radio program Dr. Goldacre did in 2008 about the placebo effect. It’s a two-part program that takes … Continue reading
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Dennis Kucinich: The for-profit health care system is the problem
I like Dennis Kucinich. The guy has guts, and he’s persistent in arguing for universal, not-for-profit healthcare, despite being ignored by his colleagues in Congress and by the majority of Americans. He’s long been one of the very few truly … Continue reading
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