December 2009
14 posts
“You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have...”
– an excerpt from Desiderata by Max Ehrmann (via childrenswear)
“All the pain and all the joy of the whole wide world is inside my body. My DNA...”
– Cunt
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders...”
– Emerson
Loneliness is transmittable from person to person,... →
psychotherapy:
Although it may sound counterintuitive, loneliness can spread from one person to another, according to research being released Tuesday that underscores the power of one person’s emotions to affect friends, family and neighbors.
The federally funded analysis of data collected from more than 4,000 people over 10 years found that lonely people increase the chances that someone they...
'The Red Book': A Window Into Jung's Dreams (NPR) →
psychotherapy:
The first words of Carl Gustav Jung’s Red Book are “The way of what is to come.”
What follows is 16 years of the psychoanalyst’s dive into the unconscious mind, a challenge to what he considered Sigmund Frued’s — his former mentor’s — isolated world view. Far from a simple narrative, the Red Book is Jung’s voyage of discovery into his deepest self.
The voyage began at age 11....
Why Exercise Makes You Less Anxious (NYTimes.com) →
psychotherapy:
For years, both in popular imagination and in scientific circles, it has been a given that exercise enhances mood. But how exercise, a physiological activity, might directly affect mood and anxiety — psychological states — was unclear. Now, thanks in no small part to improved research techniques and a growing understanding of the biochemistry and the genetics of thought itself,...