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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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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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Misunderstanding addiction: The beat goes on…
Back in May I wrote a post titled Understanding Addiction, throughout which I bemoaned the fact that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — one of the most powerful voices on matters of health and well-being in our society — … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, alcoholism, APA, DSM, integral health, NIAAA, NIH, stanton peele
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The Embodiment of Freedom
At some point it occurred to me that my whole point of view, my basic mode of experiencing life, would shift during certain moments from a dissociated, half-alive, going through the motions type thing, to a wakeful, clear-minded, energized state … Continue reading
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Tagged integral health, peak experiences, personal transformation, somatics, Thomas Hanna
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Erich Fromm interviewed by Mike Wallace, 1958
The Society for Humanistic Psychology blog posted the following video of Erich Fromm being interviewed by Mike Wallace in 1958. [A complete transcript of the interview can be accessed via the Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas at Austin) website.] … Continue reading
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Tagged Erich Fromm, Humanistic Psychology, integral health, Mike Wallace
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Understanding addiction
It seems reasonable to assume that if you want to know about a given topic, a good place to start is by checking out what the leading experts in the field have to say about it. For instance, if you … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, integral health, Integral Psychology, NIDA, stanton peele
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Orgasm Inc.
It’s starting to become fashionable to call out the pharmaceutical industry for its corrupting influence on both the practice of health care and on the general public’s conception of what it means to be healthy. I, for one, think this … Continue reading
Psychiatry’s sorry state
I just finished reading HEAD CASE: Can psychiatry be a science?, an excellent article by Louis Menand in the The New Yorker. The article makes clear what I’ve already come to realize over the last twenty years studying and working … Continue reading
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“Integral?”
Question: What does “Integral” mean? What’s the difference between integral, integrative, holistic, mind/body, wellness, etc.? My answer: As I use the term, “integral” refers to any approach that brings together multiple perspectives in an effort to address the multiple dimensions … Continue reading