November 2011
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“Never apologize for showing feelings. When you do so, you apologize for the...”
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“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate...”
– Paulo Friere, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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“Sometimes someone says something really small, and it just fits right into this...”
– Claire Danes in My So-Called Life (via hopeforbpd)
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hilarious excursion from work-related duties
So, I really did send the following email to a coworker yesterday about how to file client charts. This is the biggest nerd thing I’ve done all week. (The names below are made up, fyi.)
“As you might imagine, there are sources that support any number of approaches to the alphabetization question.
“The UK phone book, which uses the method I remember being taught, treats Mc and...
dontworryaboutithoney asked: your poetry is beautiful!
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“the way i see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. hey...”
– The Doctor
(to a tearful Amy Pond, regarding Vincent)
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Minimally Invasive » An autumn breakfast →
Roasted acorn squash for breakfast! Great idea…
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“Act as if you always had compassion, and then you will find that you always do.”
– Robert Aitken Roshi
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“The person you are looking for is the person who is looking.”
– St. Francis of Assisi
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“It is not necessary for a crow to become an eagle.”
– Sitting Bull
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“The pain and suffering you have now, in the present, is sufficient. Adding to...”
– Marsha Linehan
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“Wise mind lends itself to poetry, and pain almost always demands poetic...”
– Marsha Linehan
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Crossing Shoal Creek by J. T. Ledbetter : American... →
I’m a sucker for multi-sensory descriptions. Strong emotion seems to call for them, in my mind. This poem by J.T. Ledbetter is a great example, from the Ted Kooser-curated column “American Life in Poetry.”
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“As a therapist, I believe it is my job to believe in my clients. Whether I...”
– Marsha Linehan
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Mindfulness Training
YOU GUYS! I was at a training event today with GUESS WHO? Marsha Linehan, that’s who! MARSHA. LINEHAN. Of Behavioral Tech, LLC. I’m completely geeking out over this. We had so much fun and I now feel like I’ve been drinking from a pure, mountain spring. In my current state of mind it seems to me that folks with a BPD diagnosis are obviously the best clients with whom to...
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“My blood is alive with many voices telling me I am made of longing.”
– Rilke, from The Book of Hours I, 39 (via mythologyofblue)
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“There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way...”
– H.L. Mencken (via nevver)
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“And sometimes, and it’s as true of authors as it is of readers, you have a life....”
– Neil Gaiman, writing about George RR Martin and fans (via goneforsoldiers)
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“There are not many of us who know what it is like to be Tim and Melissa. Some...”
– personal
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“Many of the clients I see are dealing as adults with abuse and neglect from...”
– Peggy J. Keilholz, MSW, LCSW
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“…the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human...”
– William Faulkner (via thesilencieux)
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“So many people enter and leave your life! Hundreds of thousands of people! You...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via saddest-summer) 