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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
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